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French-Indian War
The war was a fight between Great Britain and France over territory, religious differences, and waterways -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act means that all legal document and papers used in the American colonies has to have a official stamp. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain would house the soldiers in American barracks and public houses. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a mob and British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and smashed 342 chests of tea, and dumped it into the harbor. -
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. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and its associated Revolutionary War that established American independence from the British Empire. -
Olive Branch Petition
Olive Branch Petition meant to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of independence was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederations was the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Shays Rebellion was a violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787 -
Constitutional Convention
They met to address the problems under the weak central government that exist under the Articles of Confederation