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French and Indian War
War between French and Britain and lasted for 7 years resulting in british winning a lot of territory -
Treaty of Paris 1763
treaty that ended the 7 years war and gave Britian land from the mountains to the Mississippi river -
Proclamation line of 1763
Line introduced by the king to prevent settlement west of the Appalachian mountains in result to Indian rebellion -
Sugar Act
Law passes by parliament to raise price on foreign sugar to help pay off debt for war -
Stamp Act
A tax to give Britain revenue to help pay off war debt -
declaratory act definition
Repeal of the stamp act and lessening of the sugar act -
revenue act
another way of getting tax revenue also known as townshed act -
Boston Massacre
a riot in Boston lead by colonist and resulting in British troops firing into a crowd of people -
tea act
where Britain placed a tax on all the tea entering the country -
Townshed Acts
British placed these taxes aka revenue act, intolerable acts, and more -
Battle of Lexington and concord
was the first battle of the revolutionary war and the cause was British troops came to seize colonists weapons -
olive branch petition
made by John Dickinson which was adopted by the second continental congress on July 5th to be submitted to the king -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
encouraged people to fight for their basic rights as humans and also implying its common sense to fight for it -
second continental congress
Came together to declare independence from England and to help war efforts -
declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 declaring freedom of the thirteen colonies -
George Washington is first President
After his good war efforts as a general he was appointed the first president serving from 1789 to 1797 -
first continental congress
a meeting with delegates of 12 of the 13 colonies to discuss matters -
Patrick Henry's Speech
Patrick Henry tried to persuade colonists that if you are not free to do as you please then you might as well die
