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French and Indian War
The dispute arose over the presence of British and French settlers in the Ohio River Valley -
Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax on the British colonies and plantations in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp -
Townshend Act
They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under harassment by a mob. -
Battle of lexington and concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Thomas Paine and Common Sense
The purpose of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was to grow the patriot cause, and Paine argued for independence from England and the creation of a democratic republic. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration announced that the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. -
Articles of Confederation
the first written constitution of the United States. -
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain and the United States formally ended the war and recognized the new nation by signing the Treaty of Paris. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights in the United States is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution