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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
A WAR BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND INDIANS OVER CONTROL OVER THE LAND IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY -
STAMP ACT
A NEW TAX THAT REQUIRED A STAMP FOR ALL PRINTED ITEMS INCLUDING NEWS PAPER,LEGAL DOCUMENTS, AND EVEN PLAYING CARDS. -
STAMP ACT CONGRESS
THE COLONIES ORGANIZED AND SENT REPRESENTATIVES TO NYC FOR MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE COLONISTS' RIGHTS DECLARING THAT ONLY THEIR COLONIAL LEGISLATURE HAD THE POWER TO TAX THEM -
Stamp act repealed
After months of protest and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin The Parliament voted to repeal the stamp act on March 18 1766 -
Declaratory act
It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain -
Townshed Acts
A series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767 -
Boston massacre
A patriot mob threw snowballs stones and sticks at an squad of British soldiers and the soldiers killed them -
Townshend acts repealed
The British Parliament repealed the townshend act on everything but tea -
Tea act
The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without landing in England -
Boston tea party
Mohawk Indians dumped crates of tea into the Boston harbor as a protest -
Coercive acts
A package of five laws implemented by the British government with a purpose of restoring authority in the colonies -
First continential Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12of the 13 colonies that became the United States -
Revolutionary war begins
A war between Great Britain and the 13 colonies -
Second continental congress
A meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies in America which United in the American Revolutionary war -
Declaration of Independence signed
Independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776 but on July 4,1776 Congress approved the final text of the Declaration
