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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
The Boston Massacre was a conflict in which nine British soldiers shot several colonists in a crowd. The Colonists started this by throwing snowballs. -
An act of protest in which 60 colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor because they didn't like the tax on tea. -
Closed Boston Harbor. Suspended Boston legislature. -
It was sent to the King as the last attempt to prevent war from happening. -
The first major military campaign that marked the start of the American Revolutionary War. -
The meetings for representatives from the colonies that were to support of the American Revolution and the war. -
Helped the colonies gain independence.
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States that all men are created equal.
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An agreement among all the U.S. colonies to created a new federal government.
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A rebellion that was done to protest against the economic policies.
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Delegates all met in Philadelphia to talk about the country's problems.