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French-Indian War (1756-1763
was a worldwide nine year war was fought between france and great britian -
Navigation Acts (1763)
acts of parliment intended to promote the self suffencey -
Stamp Act
an act of regulating stamp duty a tax on the legal recognition of documents -
Quartering Act
requring colonial authorites to provide food drink quarters fuel and transportation to british -
Townshend Acts
that taxed goods imported to the American colonies -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American . -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Olive Branch Petition
the Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, which appeals directly to King George III -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
he Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America that united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America that united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first written constitution of the United States. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.. In September 1786 Daniel Shays and other local leaders led several hundred men in forcing the Supreme Court in Springfield to adjourn. -
constitutaonial constitution
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.