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French and Indian war
The French and Indian War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America. -
Boston Massacre
seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of bunker hill
The American patriots were defeated. -
First Continental Congress meets
Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
Second Continental Congress meets
The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall -
Stamp Act of 1765
first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Townshend Act of 1767
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Battle of Yorktown
Victory at Yorktown led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. -
3/5 Compromise
three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Constitutional Convention
a met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.