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The French and Indian War
Was fought between France and Britain to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America. Since the war was starting to get pretty expensive., Britain started to overtax the colonies which made them furious. -
The Albany Plan
was a plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin. Bringing the colonies under a centralized government. -
American Revolution
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The American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British with the help of the French winning independence from Great Britain. -
The Stamp Act
imposed Americans would be taxed for every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. Which made the colonies want to separate from Britain. -
The Boston Massacre
Protests against British taxation led riots towards the soldiers. British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. Resulted in the death of five colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party
was a political protest because the colonists did not want to pay taxes on British tea, they were afraid Britain would take over America too and they wanted to rule their own country. -
French and Indian War
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First Continental Congress
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The Intolerable Act
Were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. The laws were meant to punish Massachusettes colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
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1st Continental Congress
was comprised of delegates from the colonies. met in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
Second Continental Congress
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
kicked off the American Revolutionary War hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. 49 were killed,39 were wounded, and 5 went missing. -
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2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was the governing body of the American colonies. It was founded when the British failed to address the grievances of the First Continental Congress and to organize a Continental Army to fight. -
The Declaration of Independence
is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
