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French and Indian War
-Seven years war
-Battle between the French and British over the Ohio river valley -
Navigation Acts
Designed to regulate colonial trade and enabled England to collect duties (taxes) in the Colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling in the land they just won from the French -
The Sugar Act
Forbid the colonies from trading with other countries -
Stamp Act
Forbid the colonies from trading with other colonies. -
Quartering Act
Asked colonists to host 1500 soldiers and supply them with necessities. -
Declaratory Act
Declaration by the British parliament that accompanied the repel of the Stamp Act. Stated the taxing authority was the same in America as it was in Great Britain -
Townshend Acts
Authorized writs of assistance. -
Boston Massacre
Boston civilians threw things at British soldiers. -
Committees of Corrospondence
Network of communication for passing along news of British activity. -
The Tea Act
An act taxing the tea the British give the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty threw British tea overboard, as a sign of protest against the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts
-Boston's port is closed
-limited town meetings
-trials now held in Britain
-forced colonists to house soldiers -
Intolerable Acts
-Boston's port is closed
-limited town meetings
-trials now held in Britain
-forced colonists to house soldiers -
First Continental Congress
-Sons of Liberty had set up a committee in each colony
-Paul Revere rode throught the colonies telling people about it -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from all 13 colonies formed this. Also called the olive branch petition. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
-Patriots surrounded Boston on every side
-When the patriots finally shot, it sent the British feeling -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
