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French-Indian War
The French-Indian War was between the French and Indians vs. Great Britain and the Colonists. -
Navigation Acts
Navigation Acts were acts of Parliament that restricted colonial trade with England. -
Quartering Acts
Colonists were to let soldiers stay in their houses and provide for the soldiers. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax colonists had to pay that got stamped for any paper documents -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts taxed glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot into a hasty crowd of colonists killing 5 and wounding 6. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea from all ships in Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The British government passed four laws to punish Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. It consisted of the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Impartial Admin of Justice Act, & Quartering Act. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine talks about independence from Great Britain. -
Second Continental Congress
Established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander in Chief. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Was the first battle of the American Revolution. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was a petition sent by the citizens of British colonies in America to reconcile with England and King George III. -
Declaration of Independence
States the principles of our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. -
Articles of Confederation
It served as the first constitution of the United States. -
Daniel Shay's Rebellion
A violent rebellion in the Massachusett's countryside. -
Constitutional Convention
55 delegates met up and wrote the first-ever written constitution getting rid of the Articles of Confederation.