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french and indian war
War from 1756 to 1763 between France and Great Britain for supremacy in North Carolina -
proclamation of 1763
British statement that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
sugar act
was a law that attempted to smuggle sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. -
stamp act
British law placing a tax on printed colonial matter -
quartering act
this act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks -
townshend act
they were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 relating to the British colonies in America. -
boston massacre
Violent confrontation between British troops and colonists. Cripus Attucks first,5 colonist murdered -
tea act
The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England,which would help financially . -
boston tea party
a political protest where they dumped tea over board due to taxation without representation -
coercive acts
names used to describe a series of laws relating to Britain's colonies in North America and passed by the British Parliament in 1774 -
first continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies -
shot heard around the world
the opening shot of the Battle of Concord in 1775 -
second continental congress
was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War -
common sense
Written by Thomas Paine, that called for independence from
Great Britain. -
declaration of independence
It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule