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French-Indian War
The French-Indian War was a branch off the 7 years war of Britain and France.The French-Indian War were between the colonists backed by native tribes and the French backed by other tribes. -
Navigation Acts
The navigation acts of 1763 said that the colonies itself cannot do business with any country or colony, everything must be done by Great Britain. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was a law put on the colony that required a tax on all documents and papers that Britain put on the colonies without the colonies approval or representation, and that really set the colonists off. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a Law that said if any soldier was to go to year house you would have to feed them, shelter them and take care of them, no matter what. -
Townshend Acts
to help pay for the colonies Britain passed a tax against glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The colonies are not happy about this and they didn't wanna buy British products. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event that happened on king street in Boston between a "riot" of colonists and British troops. We are not curtain weather or not the shooting that took place was on purpose or a freak accident that turned into a Massacre. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the british tax on tea that the British just dumped on the colonists, the Colonists did not want Taxation without representation. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable ACts were acts made by the British to punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea party. The 4 acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Battle of Lexington & Concord was the first major battle in the revolutionary war, that the colonists won with 49 deaths and for the British they had 73. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting that made george washington commander-in-chief, and adopted the declaration of independence. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was written by John Dickinson who wanted a compromise between the British government and the colonies. It failed because it was an illegal document created by an illegal congress lead by rebels. -
Common Sense
Common sense was a Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, that went on for 47 pages about Advocating Independence from Britain and urging the colonists to want it also. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document written by Thomas Jefferson, to announce and explain separation from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement of the 13 states of the United States, Written by John Dickinson, that served as the country's first frame of government. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion was an "armed uprising" in direct response to a debt crisis.(increased taxes) -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was a meeting between 55 delegates to talk about the weak central Government that the Articles of Confederation gave us.