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Albany plan of union
The plan of union created in Albony, New York -
French and indian war
The french and indian war was between the colonists and the French and native americans from 1689 to 1765. -
Pontiac War
Indians were upset with Britain's,“post-war” policies. -
Proclamation of 1763
to organize Britain’s new england colonies and to stabilize relations with the native americans. -
Sugar act
To tax sugar and molasis with the old act about to expire. -
currency act
This event issued the regulation of paper money to protect british merchants from being cheated out of profits. this accured from 1751-1764. -
Stamp Act
The reason for the act was to help pay for the debt of Great britain from the seven years war between them and France. -
townshend act
The reason for the act was to pull back on an amount exportation from the kingdom on items such as coffee -
Writs of assistance
To search houses for smuggled goods. -
Boston Massacre.
colonists started throwing snowballs, rocks,and sticks at british troops returned fire. -
Tea act
The act was so england didn’t have to export as much tea and they raised the taxes on the tea they did export. -
Boston tea party
The reason was because the taxes on tea were so high that the patriots decided to send their message to england by dumping 342 chests over board. -
committees of correspondence
These committees were shadow groups for the purpose of preparing coordinated responses to Great Britain and to share their plans. -
Continental Congress
This act was to have the resistance of the taxes that the British had made. In 1775 the Second Continental congress convened after the Revoloutionary War.
1774-1789 -
Second Continental Congress
Everything took a sharp turn after Lexington and Concord. So, the colonists made the Declaration of Independence to stop all of the wrong and harsh things that had happened. -
The Coercive Act
It was a series of acts established by the British. They wanted to restore the order of Massachusettes and punish Bostonians for the Tea Act. -
Quebec Act
Act of the parliament of Great Britain to set procedures of governance in Quebec -
Quartering Act
Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. This happend in 1774 and 1765 -
Lexington and Concord
They served as government of the 13 colonies. General Gage sent British men to Lexington and Concord. Sam Adams and John Hancock warned townspeople that the British were coming. -
Battle of bunker hill
This was a big battel in Breed’s Hill. This was a very big battle, the battle was for the taxes and freedom. -
The Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson had drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. The colonists had got the congress back. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Prohibitory Act
To subdue the american colonist retaliation. -
Restraining Act
Created to prevent the unrest due to the boycott of British goods in Massachusetts. -
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
To inspire American soldiers to fight for their rights. rom 1775-1776 -
New England Restraining Act
Hoping to keep the New England colonies dependent on the British, King George III formally endorses the New England Restraining Act -
Battle of Quebec
part of the American Revolutionary war. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was signed by the four fathers and made of July 4th. This gave us our Independence for a new world and for America. We won the war that day. -
Policy of non-importation
This policy was created to embargo certain goods to Great Britain to coerce Great Britain and to suspend their imprisonment on american sailors