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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies -
Proclamation of 1763 (colonist reaction)
King George III issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Confederation of elements of Native American tribes, primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region after the British victory in the French and Indian War -
Currency Act
The Currency Act is one of many several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp Act
Exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Colonist formed Sons of Liberty
The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
Quartering Act
Name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. -
Declaratory Act
British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain -
Townshend Act
Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an riot -
Tea Act
The colonists had never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea, and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The Intolerable Acts was the term used by American Patriots for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Quebec Act
Passed by the British Parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763. -
Battles at Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies -
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
Patrick Henry was an American attorney, planter, and orator well known for his declaration to the Second Virginia Convention: "Give me liberty, or give me death! -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
