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French-Indian war
aka Seven Years War between France and England. In the colonies, it was called the French Indian War because the colonists fought with British soldiers against France & the Indians who were on side of France. Because of the war, England had a huge war debt & began to tax the people in the 13 colonies. -
Navigation Acts
Acts of parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting dependence on foreign goods -
Stamp act
A tax on various forms of paper goods,documents and playing cards -
Quartering Act
It made the colonist responsible for paying for and providing for barracks or other accommodations to house British regulars. -
Townshend act
Taxes on paper, glass, lead, paint and tea -
Boston massacre
British soldiers guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians killing three men and injuring eight,and killing two. -
Boston tea party
Colonist dressed as Native Americans got a board a British ship and through 92,000 pounds of tea into the sea -
The Coercive act
Four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Lexington marked the beginning of the American Revolution. Although Lexington and Concord were considered British military victories, they gave a moral boost to the American colonists. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was the late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and its associated Revolutionary War that established American independence from the British Empire. -
Olive Branch Petition
A petition sent to the King by Congress where the delegates asked the King to stop using military force against the colonists so they could settle their differences with Parliament peacefully. -
Common Sense
The publication of Thomas Paine's Common Sense became the first viral mass communications event in America. -
Declaration of Independence
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the founding document of the United States. -
Articles of Confederation
The written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the AOC.