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The seven years war
A global conflict that involved Europe, North America, and Indian powers before ending at Europe -
the Stamp act
Britain placed a tax on all paper goods which made colonists upset that they we being taxed without letting them know beforehand -
Proclamation of 1763
It stopped Americas from going to lands acquired from the French after the war which made trading a lot harder -
Sugar Act
The first law raised money for the king so they could increase taxes on non-British goods shipped to the colonies. -
The American Revolution
A small group of Militia united to fight the British for their freedom that small Militia would later become America -
Townshend Act
Similar to the Stamp Act it taxes not only paper but on glass, lead, paint, and tea -
the boston massacre
British Redcoats guarding the Boston House shot at a crowd of civilians, killing three men and starting the revolution -
Intolerable Acts
a series of four laws to punish -
Boston Tea Party
people dressed as Indians dumped tea into the ocean boycotting the Stamp Act -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Marked the start of the American War of Independence -
Olive Branch Petition
Sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared -
Declaration of Independence
The document announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain It was the last of a series of steps that led the colonies to final separation from Great Britain -
Crossing the Delaware
General George Washington and the Continental Army famously crossed the Delaware River -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the Revolution giving a decisive victory to the Americans supported by the French -
winter of valley forge
Made living conditions extremely difficult -
Battle of Yorktown
Washington's forces defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis' veteran army dug in at Yorktown Virginia -
treaty of paris
it granted the U.S. western British territory -
The Great Compromise
An agreement was made during the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in Congress -
whiskey rebellion
A rebellion on taxed whiskey -
Alien and Sedition Act
An act making everyone act entitled to other states