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French-Indian War
It was a war between France and England. It was also known as a seven-year war. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty in 1763. -
Navigation Acts
It was a series of laws that restricted the use of shipping for trading. -
Stamp Act
It was used to help pay for the British troops during the 7-year war. It required the colonists to pay a tax. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Acts were several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain which required local authorities in the 13 Colonies of British North America to provide British Army personnel in the colonies with food and housing. -
Townshend Acts
It was used to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. It initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
It was when British soldiers fired into a crowd killing five people and wounding another six. it then angered an entire colony. -
Boston Tea party
People were throwing thousands of tea into the Boston Harbor. This happened because they wanted to protect the British Parliament's tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)
It is a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
It was when it marked the start of the American War of Independence. -
Second Continental Congress
They established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief. -
Second Continental Congress
They established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and their rights as British citizens. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Shays's 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 and their trades. -
Constitutional Convention
It was to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.