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Revolution
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French & Indian War
A seven year war that all started due to the the French and the British fighting for land in North America. -
Albany Plan union
Was Benjamin Franklin idea plan to unify the government of the 13 colonies. -
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Pontiacs Rebellion
A little rebellion of Indians of Indians fighting the British over rules on Great Lakes region -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of issued October 7th, 1763 by King George III to forbid any colonization past the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
It is a requirement for traders/merchants to pay taxes onon sugar and molasses. -
The Currency Act
The Act in which Great Britain developed paper currency to help traders and merchants with the value of colonial currency going down. -
The Stamp Act
The Act in which Great Britain made the colonists pay taxes of ever piece of paper that was printed that they got. -
Quartering Act
The Act which Great Britain passed that they can stay in people's homes for free if there is not enough room in the quarters. -
Declaratory Act
Made the taxing laws the same in the colonies as Great Britain -
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Townshend Act
The Act in which Great Britain put a tax on everything that came into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A riot broke out between the colonists and the British gaurds -
Tea Act
Helped a struggling Indian Company ship tea to america, yet no new taxes were made on the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as indians raided three ships as a protest towards the tax on tea -
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The Intolerable Act
Punitive laws formed by the British Government in retaliation for th Boston Tea Party. -
The Quebec Act
Britain passed an act that gave the French Canadians religious freedom and got them out of civil law. -
1st Continental Congress
All states (except Georgia met in Pennsylvania to organize a resistance. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
British soldiers sent to the colonies to confiscate their weapons and ended up in war -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Was the first public asking for independence from Great Britain. -
Sons of Liberty
First major act of the group was in Boston due to Stamp Act that was put in place.