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Albany Plan of Union
to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63 -
Pontiac's Rebellion
loose 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 -
Proclamation of 1763
after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains -
Currency Act
Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. -
Sugar Act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been effectively collected due to colonial evasion -
Stamp act
required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Colonist formed Sons of Liberty Declaratory Act
The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government -
Quartering Act
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 -
Townshend Act
imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds -
Tea act
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, dumped tea in the ocean -
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 -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
To avoid interference from Lieutenant-Governor Dunmore and his Royal Marines, the Second Virginia Convention met March 20, 1775 inland at Richmond--in what is now called St. John's Church--instead of the Capitol in Williamsburg. Delegate Patrick Henry presented resolutions to raise a militia, and to put Virginia -
Battles at Lexington and Concord
Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts -
Second Continental Congress
was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774 -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy, language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain
