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French and indian war
Commonly known as the seven year's war, it was fought between Britain and France over French expansion into the Ohio river valley. -
Tea Act
Britain imposed a tax on tea its goal was to bail out the East India Company it cost 3 pennies on every pound of tea. -
Proclamation of 1763
This is a proclamation that set territorial limits on where colonists could settle. It was issued by the British crown after the French and Indian war. -
Sugar Act
The first of many acts imposing new duties or taxes on sugar and other goods. -
Stamp Act
The first tax levied on American colonists by parliament it was a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, it was in response to British dept. -
Quartering Act
This act outlines the location and conditions in which British soldiers can find room and board in the colonies. -
Townshend Act
A series of acts that taxed imported goods to the colonies but some American colonists said that without representation they should not be taxed. -
Boston Massacre
A riot on king street in Boston it started with a street brawl between 1 British soldier and several American colonists but quickly became an all out chaotic slaughter. -
Coercive Act
A series of acts with the goal of restoring order in Massachusetts and to punish Bostonians for the tea party. -
First Continental Congress
Met in reaction to the intolerable act and had a goal of discussing America's future and rising British aggression. -
The shot heard around the world
British troops left from Boston the seize weopens when they arrived an unkown person fired a shot and a battle began 8 Americans were killed and atleast equal that of British soldiers were killed. -
Second Continental Congress
This congress had the goal of conducting a war by creating an army out of untrained assembly of militia. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine published his pamphlet with arguments for independence it united colonists and political leaders. -
Declaration Of Independence
This was a statement by Americans saying that they were creating their own government and were declaring independence. -
Boston Tea Party
A public protest of the British government by which the people threw tea into the harbor to show their disapproval of the imposed taxes with no representation in the government.