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French And Indian War
the battle in Europe and only secondarily on confict in the colonies -
Albany Plan of Union
an intercolonial governmrnt and a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes from the various colonies for their common defense -
George III Takes Throne
pursued a colonial policy, aimed at solving Britian domestic financial problems -
Stamp Act
act requiring that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies -
Stamp Act Congress
cooperative action among the colonies to protect the form -
Quartering Act
act requiring colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers -
Townshend Acts
new duties to be collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper -
Boston Massacre
crowd of colonists harassed the guards near customs house, guards killed 5 people including Crispus attaucks -
Boston Tea Party
a group of bostanians dressed as N. American boarded british and dumped 342 chests of tea in the Harber -
Quebec Act
A law organising the Canadian lands gained from France -
First Continental Congress
a convention in Philadeiphia that determined how the colonies should react to what seemed to pose an alarming threat to their rights and liberties -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive acts ( the coercive acts) -
Second Continental Congress
Divided into two groups where one group thought colonies should declare independence: one hoped conflict could be resolved. -
Declaration of Independence
all men created equel:life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are the unalienable rights -
Articles of Confederation
plan to protect the powers of the individual states