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French and indian war
a conflict in North America, lasting from 1756 to 1763 that was apart of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain. -
stamp act
a Law in which parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America. -
Townshend Act
A series of laws passed by the British government of the American colonies, they placed new law and taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being mobbed in Boston. -
Tea act
An act of Parliament by great Britain. The intention was to reduce the amount of tea held by the company British East India company in the London warehouse. -
Boston tea party
Political protest in Boston by the sons of liberty due to the new taxes being enforced. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston tea Party and they were meant to punish Massachusetts colonists for the tea party protest. -
1st and 2nd continental congress
A convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the revolution era, when the thirteen colonies became the United states. -
Lexington Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary war. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to concord to battle. -
Publishing of common sense
a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocated independence from Great Britain to the people in the thirteen colonies.
