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French and Indian War
War from 1756 to 1763 between France and Great Britain for supremacy in North Carolina -
French and Indian War
War from 1756 to 1763 between France and Great Britain for supremacy in North Carolina -
Proclamation of 1763
British statement that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Proclamation of 1763
British statement that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The law that tried to stop the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the tax rate. -
Sugar Act
A law that attempted to stop the smuggling of sugar and molasses by reducing tax rates -
Stamp Act
British law placing a tax on printed colonial matter -
Quartering Act
British 1760s law requiring colonists to supply the basic needs of
British soldiers -
Quartering Act
British 1760s law requiring colonists to supply the basic needs of
British soldiers -
Townshend Act
A series of laws passed by the British on the Colonies. New taxes on paper, glass, paint, lead, and tea -
Coercive Acts
British laws in response to the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Massacre
Violent confrontation between British troops and colonists. -
Boston Massacre
Violent confrontation between British troops and colonists -
Boston Tea Party
Protests by the Sons of Liberty against the British. Colonists
dressed up as Indians and threw tea overboard. Led by Samuel
Adam -
Boston Tea Party
Protests by the Sons of Liberty against the British. Colonists
dressed up as Indians and threw tea overboard. Led by Samuel
Adams -
Tea Act
monopoly for English tea company -
First Continental Congress
protest intolerable acts from committee of correspondence -
First Continental Congress
protest of Intolerable Acts from the committee of correspondence -
Shot Heard Around the World
French aid; Yorktown (end); Treaty of Paris 1783 -
Second Continental Congress
began Art. of Confederation; organize for war; send
Olive Branch Petition (peace) to King -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine, that called for independence from
Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
A document written by Thomas Jefferson to give the colonies independence from Britain