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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War , Imperial struggle between Britain and France . Frances expansion that the British claimed was the cause of this war. -
Treaty of Paris
Between the U.S. and Great Britain this ended the revolutionary war -
Proclamation line of 1763
Issued by King George after the French and Indian war a settlement past a line down the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
A law passed by the British Parliament raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies -
Stamp Act
An act regulated on stamp duty . Tax on legal recognition of documents -
Declaratory Act
Declaration by the British that repeals the stamp act , this act stated that the taxing authority was the same . -
Townshend Revenue Act
This act is what passed a lot of acts by the parliament of Great Britain -
Boston Massacre
The incident on King street where British Army soldiers shot and killed people under and intense mob -
The Tea Act
The final straw for the policies and taxes imposed by Britain . The act paid to the British government -
Boston Tea Party
When three ships were boarded into the Boston Harbor and threw over 342 chests of tea overboard -
Quartering Act of 1774
This was an act that helped with the British soldiers to help them with anything they needed while protecting the border -
Intolerable Acts
Law passed after the Boston Tea Party . This was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for throwing the tea over in the Harbor -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates for the thirteen colonies but only twelve of thirteen attended -
Second Continental Congress
A dependent on the British for military supplies , and to organize colonial resistance to Parliaments Coercive Acts -
Patrick Henry
A speech made by Patrick Henry "give me liberty or give me death".This speech was told at the Second Virginia Convention in March -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary war . British troops were sent to take colonial weapons but did not succeed along the way . -
The Olive Branch Petition
This was a petition drafted by John Dickinson to have rights for colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British -
Thomas Paine "writes common sense "
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the thirteen colonies -
Declaration of Independence
The document that gave the thirteen colonies the right to independence and allowed them to . The declaration summarized the colonists motivations for seeking independence -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
A leader of the revolutionary movement in Virginia , The commander of Virginia's forces and a British colonial army officer
