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French and Indian War
It was a war between Great Britain and France, also known as the Seven Years War. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty that ended the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
Forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
Raising duties on foreign refined sugar -
Stamp Act
tax on the legal recognition of documents -
Declaratory Act
accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act -
Townshend Revenue Acts
collect revenue from the colonists -
Boston Massacre
riot in Boston, British troops fired at several people -
The Tea Act
reduce the amount of tea by the British -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty threw tons and tons of tea overboard -
Quartering act of 1774
Made for British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the American colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
meant to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of throwing a tea shipment into the Boston Harbor -
First Continental Congress
meeting of the delegates of twelve colonies -
Second Continental Congress
managed the colonial war effort -
Olive Branch Petition
attempt the assert rights of the colonist while keeping their loyalty -
Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me death” speech
wanting the American colonies to revolt against England -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
first military engagements of American Revolutionary war -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
leader of the revolutionary movement in Virginia -
Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense”
advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies -
Declaration of Independence
says that a government exists for the benefit of the people
