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French & Indian War
The Native Americans were fighting to maintain control of their land. The French claomed the Upper Ohio River Valley, they wanted to trade with the Natives to control the area. -
Stamp Act of 1765
It was ratified by the parliment under the King George III. It put taxes on all legal paper and official documents in the American colonies but not England. -
Sons of Liberty
They were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience to go against the british government. -
Townshend Act of 1767
It was passed to help pay the expenses of the American colonies. It put taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston Tea Party
It was a protest against the government, angry americans came together because the britsh were imposing "taxation without representation. Dumped 342 chests of tea into the indian harbor that was imported by Britain. -
Second Continental Congress meeting
The second time the Congress had meet inside the independent hall. Just a month later after shots had been fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The congress was preparing for war. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The New England soldiers faced against the British army for the first time. It took place in a hilly landscape. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
Was sent to the King in Britain as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. -
Declaration of Independence
The document announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. It was the last of a series of steps that led the colonies to final separation from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation created
Three articles that created a loose confederation of soverign states and a weak central government. For example Article 1: Created the name of the combined 13 states as The United States of America -
Great Compromise
It was created to provide a dual system of congress representation . Each state would be assigned a number of seats in the house of representative depending on population. -
Bills of Rights
It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual. Examples are freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the Federal Government to the people or the States.