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Navigation Acts
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Navigation Acts
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French-Indian War
The French-Indian War (AKA the Seven Years War) was a war fought between Britain and France for North American territory. Ultimately Britain won. -
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French-Indian War
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Quartering Act
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Stamp Act
Tax on legal documents. -
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Stamp Act
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Quartering Act
American colonies were to provide housing and food to British soldiers. -
Townshend Acts
Taxed goods imported to American colonies. -
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Townshend
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Boston Massacre
A patriot mob attacked a british soldier. The soldier fired a gun, and brawls ensued between british soldiers and colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws that were passed after the Boston Tea Party that were meant to punish colonists. -
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Intolerable Acts
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Boston Tea Party
A protest by American Colonists in which 342 chests of tea were thrown overboard due to "taxation without representation". -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Battles fought between Great Britain and the 13 colonies. Marked the start of the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates in the 13 colonies that met up to create the functions of government and plot the course of war during the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
A document created to be sent to the King to prevent war from being declared. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating the 13 colonies' independence from Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
A document created by the Second Continental Congress Declaring Independence from Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution agreed among by the 13 states. Provided structure for the nation. -
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Articles of Confederation
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Daniel Shays' Rebellion
An uprising in response to a debt crisis that exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. -
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Shay's Rebellion
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Constitutional Convention
An event that took place in Philadelphia to establish how America would be governed. -
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Constitutional Convention
