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Albany Plan for the Union
Benjamin Franklin’s plan. It was rejected by Britain and the colonies. -
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French and Indian War
Fought between French colonies and british colonies. Britain’s debt was greatly increased and took more control over colonies -
Proclamation of 1763
calm tension between Natives and colonists -
Quartering Act
americans had to give british soldiers food and shelter -
Stamp Act
required stamps on documents and newspapers that had to be paid for -
Declaratory Act
Said that the control of Britain was the same in the colonies as it was in Britain -
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Townshend Acts
series of acts that heavily taxed american colonies -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed 5 people while being attacked by a mob. Newspapers blew it out of proportion. -
Boston Tea Party
Protest by Sons of Liberty against british tea act. -
Tea Act
heavily taxed tea -
1st Continental Congress
Decided rights and liberties of colonies -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the first battles of the American Revolutionary War -
Olive Branch Petition
passed to avoid a full scale war between colonies and britain -
2nd Continental Congress
discussed how to retaliate against redcoats. Continental army formed. -
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Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
fight for an egalitarian government -
Declaration of Independence
Written to the King of Britain to announce their independence from Britain. -
Articles of Cofederation
Agreement between the original 13 states that acted as the first constitution. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended revolutionary war