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1767 BCE
Townshend Acts
that taxed goods imported to the American colonies -
1765 BCE
Stamp Act
something that have to get stamped on paper -
1765 BCE
Quartering Act
requring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed -
French-Indian War (1756-1763)
Between france and great britain -
Navigation Acts (1763)
some laws that was passed by the parliament -
Boston Massacre
Boston townspeople attacked and killed five British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest that occurred on December 16, -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)
series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
Olive Branch Petition
a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America that united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord (aka “The Shot Heard Around the World”)
"The shot heard round the world" is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, -
Common Sense
good sense and sound judgment in practical matters. -
Declaration of Independence
the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
uprising in western Massachusetts -
Constitutional Convention (aka Philadelphia Convention)
The convention took place in the old Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. ... It was contemporarily known as the Federal Convention, the Philadelphia Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia. Nor did most of the delegates arrive intending to draft a new constitution.