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The French and Indian War
A war between the american colonies and new France (1754-1763) -
Tea Act
A forced taxation that pissed the american colonies off a lot. -
The Proclamation of 1763
A act passed by King George III that forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
This was an American revenue raising act passed by the british -
Stamp Act
A act that taxed newspapers and legal documents, which was heavily opposed by American colonists. -
The Quartering Act
A act passed that forced colonists to cater British troops while in town. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act imposed a taxes on colonists, which the king called "duties" -
The Boston Massacre
Soldiers were being harassed by a mob, and decided to shoot at the crowd. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. They planned a compromise with the British, but it ultimately didn't work out. (9/5/74)(10/26/74) -
Shot Heard Around the World
The first shot of a brief fight between the British and the Colonists. -
Second Continental Congress
The second meeting of delegates from the colonies united and started the Revolutionary war. They served as a temporary government until 1781. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine talking about independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
This famous document explained that the 13 colonies were now separate from Great Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea is dumped into the sea by the Americans in protest of the British tea tax -
The Coercive Acts
A series of acts passed to keep authority within the colonies, which the colonists didn't like.