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French Indian War
A fight between France and Great Britain to see who has control of the colonial portion of North America. This conflict led to a series of taxes on the 13 colonies. -
Navigation Acts
Taxed most imported goods. -
Stamp Act
Taxed anything on paper. -
Quartering Act
Made the colonists provide the British army with food and housing. -
Townshend Acts
It taxed paper,paint,lead,glass and tea. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists dressed up as indians and boarded ships in the prt and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)
A series of four different laws passed to punish the colonist for the Boston Tea Party. -
Olive Branch Petition
A letter sent to the king to prevent a formal war. -
Second Continental Congress
Created a continental army and appointed George Washington as commander in chief. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord (aka “The Shot Heard Around the World”)
This was the first battle of the American Revolution. -
Common Sense
47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to declare independence from great Britain for the 13 colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Says the rights of Americans in the United States of America. -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement between the 13 United States which served as the first form of government. -
Constitutional Convention (aka Philadelphia Convention)
Addressed the problems of the Articles Of Confederation. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Armed rebellion due to a debt crisis amount the colonies.