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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts proclaimed that only English ships would be able to bring goods into England, and that the US colonies could only export raw materials, to England. -
French-Indian War
The French and Indian War was a warfare, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain's soldiers could stay in public houses. If the soldiers were outnumbered in the housing, they would be accommodated in inns, alehouses, barns, other buildings. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act which was to raise money to pay for the army through a tax on all legal and official papers and publications in the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Parliament passed the Townshend Acts to put taxes on glass, lead paint, tea, and paper. This was made to help pay the expenses involved in governing the US colonies. -
Boston Masscre
The Boston Massacre was a conflict in which nine British soldiers shot several colonists in a crowd. The Colonists started this by throwing snowballs. -
Boston Tea Party
An act of protest in which 60 colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor because they didn't like the tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
Closed Boston Harbor. Suspended Boston legislature. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was sent to the King as the last attempt to prevent war from happening. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The first major military campaign that marked the start of the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
The meetings for representatives from the colonies that were to support of the American Revolution and the war. -
Common Sense
Helped the colonies gain independence. -
Declaration of Independence
States that all men are created equal. -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among all the U.S. colonies to created a new federal government. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
A rebellion that was done to protest against the economic policies. -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates all met in Philadelphia to talk about the country's problems.