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French and Indian War
The colonies or Brittan and France, supported by military from their parent countries, engaged in conflict. The French were outnumbered and used the Indians to help on their side. The British won the war. -
Stamp Act
An act of Parliament of Great Brittan, that created a direct tax on the British colonies. It required printed materials to be produced on stamped paper. -
Townshend Act
They were a series of measures that was put into act by Charles Townshend, that increased the tension between Brittan and the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The British Army soldiers killed people while they were being attacked by a mob. It was publicized by famous Patriots like Samuel Adams. -
Tea Act
The Parliament of Great Brittan enforced this act in order to reduce the amounts of tea held by the East India Company. The act was supposed to force the colonists to purchase Company tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and rebelled against the Tea Act. They went onto a ship filled with tea and destroyed all of it. -
Intolerable Acts
They were a series of inflicting laws passed by British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The acts demolished Massachusetts' self government and rights, -
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
The first met in 1774 to discuss the Intolerable Acts. The second meeting was on July 2, 1776, and they created the Declaration of Independence. -
Lexington and Concord
They were the first battles of the American Revolution. They started the outbreak of conflict between the British colonies and the Kingdom of Brittan. America won these battles. -
Publishing of Common Sense
Thomas Paine published this pamphlet arguing for American independence.
