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French And Indian War
The French and Indian war was over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, this was a war between France and Great Britain. 1756- 1763 -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were a series of laws that England developed which allowed the colonist not to do things such as ships, trade, shipping and commerce from other areas of the world. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act forced colonists to buy a British stamp for every official document they obtained. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was making colonial authorities provide food and water and a place to stay also transportation to British forces stationed in their town. -
Townshend Act
Townshend Acts was a act that taxed imported hood to the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers opened fire on unarmed Americans, 5 died, 6 wounded. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party. Tea being dumped in the Boston Harbor, because of the taxation of multiple things by England. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Act was a series of events passed to punish the Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This battle was the start of the American Revolution, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord cache. -
Second Continental Congress
This was a meeting of the delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America, that talked about the start of the Revolution, they all united, by then the American Revolution had already begun. -
Olive Brach Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration Of Independence declared independence from England, to make this America a free country. -
Articles of Confederation
The purpose was to create a confederation of states whereby each state retained "its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction. -
Daniel Shays Rebellion
Daniel Shays Rebellion, organized rebellion of western Massachusetts farmers and countrymen against Massachusetts
August 1786–February 1787 -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, that addressed the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787