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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
It was fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the vast colonial territory of North America -
Navigation Acts (1763)
Colonists had to sell certain products such as sugar, tobacco, and indigo, only to England or English colonies. -
Stamp Act
An act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper. -
Quartering Act
requiring colonial authorities to provide foo, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages. -
Townshend Acts
Taxed goods imported to the American colonies. Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
9 British soldiers killed 3 people of a crowd of 3 or 4 hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles. -
Boston Tea Party
342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
Battle of Lexington & Concord (aka “The Shot Heard Around the World”)
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Second Continental Congress
Appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and appointing generals to lead the army. The Second Continental Congress attempted to pacify the British and declare allegiance to the Crown. -
Olive Branch Petition
The colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens. -
Common Sense
Advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. The creation of a democratic republic. -
Declaration of Independence
God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The main business of government is to protect these rights. -
Articles of Confederation
Was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government. 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 in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. -
Constitutional Convention
The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. he major debates were over representation in Congress, the powers of the president, how to elect the president, slave trade, and a bill of rights.