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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
War between Great Britain and France fought in the New World.
AKA Seven Years War. Because the French Indian War England owed a huge amount of money. -
Navigation Acts (1763)
laws or acts passed by Parliament to restrict colonial trade. -
Stamp Act
a tax on anything on paper newspapers, brochures, legal documents, even a deck of playing cards. -
Boston Massacre
5 Americans were killed by British soldiers; started when some colonists threw snowballs at British soldiers; Paul Revere drew a lithograph called it BLOODY MASSACRE -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight in Boston on March 5, 1770 between British soldiers and a crowd of colonists. Someone threw snowballs at the British soldiers. 5 Americans were Killed. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists some dressed as Indians dumped 90,000 pounds of British tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea. -
Declaration of Independence 1776
official announcement of 13 colonies breakin up with England. -
Articles of Confederation
our first government; it was a weak government and it lasted for about 10 years. Under AOC we didn't have a President, no national courts.