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French-Indian War
A war broke out between England and France and at the end of the war, England had a lot of war debt. So to put aside this debt England started to tax the 13 colonies in America. -
Navigation Acts
Acts inflicted on the people of England by parliament were made to instill support among England by cutting most trade to those outside the country. Parliament hoped by restricting trade they could make England less dependent on foreign goods. -
Stamp Act
Taxes that were enforced on the 13 colonies by England made it so any paper items that had no tax before now did. Examples- newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forced the people of the 13 colonies to take in any of the British soldiers they had to feed them and supply them with any of their wants and needs they could not refuse. -
Townshend Acts
This act made it so any goods that were imported to the 13 colonies such as glass, paper and tea were all taxed. -
Boston Massacre
A group of 9 British soldiers were being harassed by a large group of people in the colonies this led to a conflict between them and 5 colonists were killed as a result. -
Boston Tea Party
To protest the taxes on tea a few of the colonists went aboard one of the import ships (some dressed as Native Americans) and dumped all the tea on the ships into the harbor. At the time the amount of tea lost was said to be around 18,000 dollars worth. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
This Act was a series of laws passed that were made to punish the Boston colonists for the Boston Tea Party. These laws included The Boston Port Act (This closed the Boston Port), The Massachusetts Government Act (Increased the power of military governor), The Administration of Justice Act (Allowed British officials who have committed an offense to go to England and proceed with their trial), The Quartering Act (Made it so every colonist must welcome in any British soldier/official) -
Battle of Lexington & Concord (aka “The Shot Heard Around the World”)
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle between England and the colonies this marks the first battle of the Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was 12 chosen representatives that went to the Independence Hall to talk about the functions of the new government. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was the colonists last attempt to avoid war with England in this petition the colonies pledged their allegiance to the king -
Common Sense
A 47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine the pamphlet talked about Independence from Great Britain and the creation of a democratic-republic government -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document written by the Committee of Five that stated the 13 colonies freedom from the reign of Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first form of national government the 13 colonies had after declaring their independence from Great Britain. This form of government only had one form of government branch and was a very weak form of government that could not even collect taxes. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Was a rebellion led by Daniel Shays against the government Shay’s goal was to overthrow the government he gathered nearly eleven hundred farmers who had also been unfairly taxed and had their land taken away -
Constitutional Convention (aka Philadelphia Convention)
39 delegates met at the Philadelphia State of House to address the problems with the Articles of Confederation and how they could plan to make a new government