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French-Indian War
the French and Indian war was a war between the French and British because they both said the owned the land -
Navigation Acts
acts of Parliament intended to promote of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade -
Quartering act
in American colonial to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces in their towns or villages -
Stamp Act
add tax's on most used objects like stamps Sugar and other goods -
Townshend Acts
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston Massacre
seven British soldiers fired oh unarmed men Killin 5 -
Articles of Confederation
served as the United States' first constitution. -
Boston Tea Party
protest British Parliament's tax on tea. where they destroyed the tea -
Intolerable Act
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
n this first battle of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats -
Second Continental Congress
was a Continental army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief -
Olive Branch Petition
adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775, to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. -
Common Sense
outlined the need for American independence. a pamphlet -
Declaration of Independence
a document of laws and rules -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
hays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts due to taxes -
Constitutional Convention
met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government