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Townshend Act
Created the tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. -
Navigation Acts
Parliament trying to promote self sufficiency. -
French- Indian War
The French- Indian War was a war that famously lasted seven years. Where the British and French people fought over territory. -
Stamp Act
Required colonists to pay a tax on every piece of paper or document that they have. -
Declaration of Independence
Stated that The 13 states were separated from Great Britain and stated all of the formal laws they wanted to establish. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers defended themselves against colonists who were angry and violent towards them. -
Boston Tea Party
People in Boston dumped 342 boxes of tea leaves into the Boston harbour. -
Quartering Act
The act allowed British soldiers to enter and live at colonists houses, anytime, for however long they felt necessary. -
Intolerable Acts
Series of law saying things that were not and never will be acceptable. -
Olive Branch Petition
The King's last attempt to keep control over the colonists. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The first battle in the American Revolution -
Articles of Confederation
The Nation's First Frame Government. -
Second Continental Congress
Where someone from every 13 colony, came together and established the American Independence against Britain. -
Constitutional Convention
Addressed and fixed the weak central government. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
An armed uprising as a response to the debt crisis in Massachusetts.