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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
A war between Britain And France over territory in the new world.Caused england to have a huge dept and began to tax the colonies. -
Navigations Act
A tax that restricted colonial trade and the colonies were only allowed to trade and sell goods the england. -
Quartering Act
A act that forced the colonial to provide food,shelter,water,and transportation to the British forces. -
Stamp Act
A act that taxed newspapers and dice and it was put on to the colonies to help England make money -
Townshend Act
A act that taxed goods that were being transported to the American Colonies and they saw this act as abuse of England's power -
Boston Massacre
It was a fight between 2 groups and it ended up in a group of 9 british soldiers killing 3 of a crowd of 400 people -
Boston Tea Party
A protest by the sons of liberty in boston where they dumped a total of 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Act
A set of laws that were made by the British to punish the colonies for what they did during the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle between the British and the American colonies and the Intolerable Acts was a major cause for the battle and it was the first battle of the Revolutionary war. -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting that was brought together to pick the generals for the Continental army for the war, -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Bran Petition was a final attempt to stop The British and the 13 colonies from going to war. -
Common Sense
A book written by Thomas Paine that stated independence from England and it was a important role in the American Revolution -
Declaration of Independence
A document that was written to declare independence from britain that was agreed upon all of the 13 colonies. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the USA and it was approved by all of the 13 colonies and it was Americas first frame of government -
Daniel Shay's Rebellion
It was the uprising for Massachusetts and it was about the debt and the tax getting collected -
Constitutional Convention
This was a event where they were trying to figure out how America was going to be governed.