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Pontiac's Rebellion
A 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area. -
Proclamation of 1763
Law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The colonists stopped buying sugar and they switched to coffee because they didn't want to pay taxes for sugar. -
The Stamp Act
Britain put a tax on all paper goods in the colonies, so they can raise money to pay for the French-Indian War -
Townshed Act
It taxed British goods that were imported to the Americans. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Act
After the Boston Tea Party, British publish an Intolerable Act that aimed to punish the Massachusetts colonies. -
First Continental Congress
The Twelve Delegates from the American colonies met to discuss about the future of America. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
It was one of the first battles of the Revolutionary War, and no one knows who fired the first bullet. -
American Revolution
It was a war that the Americans had to fight for their independence from Great Britain. -
Olive Branch Petition
The colonies made a final offer of peace to Britain, agreeing to be loyal to the British government if it addressed their rights as British citizens. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that was used to change the minds of people who wanted to peacefully settle their differences with the British government to fight for independence instead. -
Declaration of independence
It was a document that announced the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Americans won the war with the British troop, this was the turning point in the American Revolution. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 Colonies of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government. -
Battle of Valley Forge
While there was never a battle at Valley Forge, disease killed nearly 2,000 people during the encampment. -
Battle of Yorktown
Joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty ended the Revolutionary War, and recognized the Independence of America. -
Great Compromise
An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.