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French and Indian war
A war between the British against the French and the Native Americans over the land in America. -
Boston Massacre
A fight that broke out between the Bostonians and the soldiers that killed many people. -
Committee of correspondence
An organization used in earlier protests. -
Tea Act
A law that allowed the company a virtual monopoly or sole control of trade for tea in America. -
Continental Congress
Delegates from all the colonies except Georgia arrived in Philadelphia. -
John Adams
A lawyer -
Coercive Acts
Harsh laws that were intended to punish the people of Massachusetts for their resistance to British law. -
Second continental congress
managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Olive Branch Petition
Assured the king of the colonists desire for peace and asked him to protect the colonists rights. -
Declaration of Independence
Jefferson was selected to write it.
