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Second Congress
they tried for peace by sending the Olive Branch Petition to the King of Britain. It was meant to pressure Britain to repeal the Coercive Acts. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian War put the two colonies of British America and New France, against each other. each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies -
Albany Plan
A plan to create government unified by the 13 colonies. Benjiman Franklin was the one who thought of it. -
American Revolution
A revolt that 13 colonies lead against the British. -
Stamp Act
An act of great britain that put a tax on the British colonies in America. -
Boston Massacre
Where the British soldiers shot and killed a lot of people while being harassed by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty. -
First congress
the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met during the first two years of George Washington's presidency, first at Federal Hall in New York City and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia. -
Intolerable Acts
punitive laws passed by the British Parliament, after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Declaration of Independence
the announcement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania