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French and Indian war
This war was the French and Indians vs the Colonies and the British. It was fought for the control of North America. -
Proclamation of 1763
Edict of King George that all land west of the Appalachian Mtns was an Indian Reserve and closed to settlement -
Writs of assistance
This made every customs officer to search any place at any time without a warrant. -
Quartering act
This required local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food. -
Townshend acts
This act placed a tax on all British goods. The colonists tried to repeal this act. The British responded by placing military officials in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under harassment by locals. -
Intolerable acts
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British -
First continental congress
During this meeting, all of the colonies except georgia met to discuss all of the grievances they had with the British. -
Battle of Lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Second continental congress
This was when the colonies appointed George Washington the leader of the continental army. -
Common sense by Thomas Paine
This advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
