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French/Indian war
A conflcit in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763, that was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of the French Canada to Britain. -
Stamp act
A 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies on North America. -
Townshend act
The Townshend Acts taxed goods that were imported into the colony from Britain, such as lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
Britain tried saving almost bankrupt British East India Company by granting the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes. But this cut colonial merchants out of the trade. Colonists protested. -
Boston Tea Party
The dumping pf 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of measures including a law that shut down Boston harbor. -
First Continental Congress
when 56 delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights. Met on September 5 and October 26, 1774. -
Lexington and Concord
On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere warned the people that British soldiers were headed for Concord. April 19 the redcoats reached Lexington where 70 minutemen were waiting for them. One person fired and British soldiers started shooting causing 8 minutemen to die and 10 injured -
Second Continental Congress
The second contiental congress was readying the colonies for war though still hoping for peace. -
Publishing of Common Sense
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for seperation of the colonies from Britain.
