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Navigation Act of 1651
acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods. -
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French and Indian War
This war provided Great Britain with enormous territorial gains in North America. -
The Albany Plan
a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Proclamation of 1763
a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide -
The Sugar Act
cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon. -
The Stamp Act
an act that imposed a direct tax on the colonists -
The Townshend Acts
a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies -
The Boston Massacre
a confrontation in Boston, in which nine British soldiers shot five people in a crowd that was abusing the soldiers and daring them to shoot at them. -
The Boston Tea Party
a protest in which American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor because of the tax placed on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies and the primary accomplishment was a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
these battles kicked off the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
appointed ambassadors issued paper currency, raised the Continental Army through conscription, and appointed generals to lead the army. -
Olive Branch Petition
the final effort of the Second Continental Congress to persuade King George lll of England to respond to the concerns of the American colonists and to settle their differences amicably. -
Battle of Quebec
the first major defeat of the war for the Americans -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
a 47-page pamphlet in which Thomas Paine advocated for independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
(1)God made all men equal and gave them rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
(2)the main business of the government is to protect these rights
(3)if a government tried to withhold these rights, the people would be free to revolt and set up a new government -
Battle of Valley Forge
British soldiers raided Valley Forge because American troops had built a handful of storage facilities. -
Battle of Yorktown
this battle proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution -
Treaty of Paris
ended the American Revolution