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French and Indian War
War between France and Great Britain fought in North America -
Navigation Acts
Made Colonies restrict trade to just England and didn't let them explore trade elsewhere. These also made the colonies less reliable on foreign goods. -
Stamp Act
Stamp act was a act made by England to put a tax on newspaper and other legal paper documents. -
Quartering Act
This act made in 1765 caused the people to of the colonies to allow British soldiers to live in their house and be fed with no exception or payment. -
Townshend Act
This act put a tax on many frequently used items by the colonist. Things such as tea, lead , and paint. -
Boston Massacre
A group of rebels are protesting after some stirring and something is thrown at a red coat. The group of red coat fired on unarmed rebels -
Boston tea party
Group of rebels dress up as native americans and dump a insane amount of tea into boston harbor. To protest the tea act. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts also known as the coercive acts were a set of laws meant to punish colonists for boston tea party. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
British attempted to seize a rebel uprising and their weapons. What happened next is said to be the "shot heard round the world" and the beggining of the war. -
Olive Branch Petition
Letter sent to king from colonists as a last attempt to keep from formal war being declared. -
Second continental congress
Delegates from the the colonies come together and discuss England, their wrongs and steps towards independence -
Common Sense
Book by Thomas Paine that called for independence from England and argued against the British -
Articles of Confederation
America first and former form of government. That was very weak and was needed to be changed -
Declaration of Independence
The official document written by Thomas Jefferson that established independence from England. Uses lots of John Locke ideas. -
Shays Rebellion
Rebellion of former soldiers and farmers led by Daniel Shays after farmland was being taken, this showed weaknesses of AOC -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates met in secret and after much discussing abolished to AOC and came up with a new form of government and our current three branches