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Road to Revolution
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Albany Plan of Union
Representatives from many of the colonies met in Albany NY to discuss the threat of war with France.
Benjamin Franklin came up with the Albany Plan of Union, which was a single government for 11 of the colonies to unite them against France.
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Olive Branch Petition
The colonists had tried to make peace with Britain, but the king refused and prepared for war. -
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French & Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years' War
British + colonists vs. French + Natives (later Spanish)
Took place mostly in Ohio River Valley
Major cause of the American Revolution -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 set the Appalachian Mountains as the western boundary for colonies to prevent any more fighting between the Natives and the British. -
Sugar Act
- Taxed molasses and sugar
- The British used naval patrols and royal inspectors to search warehouses and private residences.
- The British offered to share taxes with citizens who reported friends/neighbors who were smuggling goods, since the colonists were smuggling and not paying taxes.
- The colonists became deeply angered by this unfair system.
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Stamp Act
Taxed licenses, college diplomas, playing cards, advertisements, newspapers,and other legal documents Sparked "No Taxation Without Representation" -
Quartering Act
Provided housing and supplies to British troops. -
Townshend Act
Taxed on all imports Caused colonists to boycott all British goods -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers had shot and killed 5 colonists
Sparked the revolution -
Boston Tea Party
Dumped 342 chests of tea off of British ships into British harbor
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Continental Congress forms
Political organization to represent American interests -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
- Closed Boston Harbor till MA paid for ruined tea
- Prevented arrival of food etc.
- Banned town meetings (in Boston)
- Forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their homes
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Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
"The British are coming!" -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Shot Heard 'Round the World -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British lost a 1000 men, while the Americans lost only 400. The British only won because the Americans ran out of gunpowder. -
Common Sense
Pamphlet created by Thomas Paine persuading people to support the colonies' independence -
Declaration of Indepence
Thomas Jefferson had written the draft; had made the revolution official!
