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French and Indian War
The French and Natives of North America fought as allies against the British at the start of the War. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued at the end of the French and Indian War, intended to conciliate the Indians. -
Sugar Act
Colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Stamp Act
Imposed on all American colonists an required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
Required the colonies to house British Soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. -
Townshend Act
They placed new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight that occurred between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Tea Act
An Act of Great Britain's Parliament to impose a tax on tea and reduce the massive tea surplus of the British East India Company in London. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest that occurred at Griffin's Wharf, American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "Taxation against representation" 342 chests of British tea was dumped into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting between 12 of the 13 colonies' delegates, at an early stage of the American Revolution. -
Coercive Acts
A series of four acts established by the British government. -
Shot Heard Around the World
The phrase refers to the first shot of the American Revolution at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. -
Second Continental Congress
Only 12 of the 12 colonies had delegates at the first meeting of the Second Continental Congress. -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown.