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The French Indian War was a struggle between the French and The British over American territory. It ended with the Treaty of Parris -
Declared that only English ships were allowed to bring goods to England. North American colonies could only export tobacco and sugar to England. -
The Stamp Act's goal was to raise money to pay for the army through taxes on all legal papers and publications going into the colonies. -
The Quartering Act was several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that required local officers in the 13 colonies of British North Carolina to provide the British Army with housing and food. -
The parliament passed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to help pay for the expenses of governing the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre marked the moment when political tension between British soldiers and American colonists led to a small brawl. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest in which a group of American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
A series of four laws passed by parliament to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt to prevent a war between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies. -
The first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in an American victory -
The first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in an American victory
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The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War, which established American independence from the British Empire. -
helped sway the Thirteen Colonies toward independence with his persuasive and passionate case for separation from Britain -
The Declaration of Independence is a document that was created on July 4 that states America's decision to break away from British rule -
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution in the U.S. that was made to create a stronger federal government. -
The Daniel Shays’ Rebellion was a rebellion led by Daniel Shay with Massachusetts Farmers who were struggling with debt and high taxes after the American Revolution -
The Constitutional Convention was a meeting held in Philadelphia that gathered delegates from other states to create a stronger federal government, fix the Constitution, and go over the share of power