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French and Indian War
The French sided with the Native Americans when the British colonists were trying to overtake their land. -
Albany Plan of Union
A plan to place the British colonies under a more centralized government because of the French and Indian war going on. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac's Rebellion was a revolution launched by several native american tribes around the Great Lakes region that were dissatisfied with British policies. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was an order given by the King of England stating that from the Appalachian mountains to the east is British land, and west of the Appalachian mountains is an Indian reserve. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act was a law that attempted to make the smuggling and sale of sugar that were sold without taxes that was enforced by lowering the original tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. -
Currency Act
The currency act, passed by the British Parliament, that regulated the amount of paper money made in the British colonies in order to protect merchants and creditors. -
Colonist formed Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were an organization formed by the colonists to fight the taxation and laws being placed on them by British rule. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was another law created by British Parliament that required that many materials that were printed in the colonies be stamped and taxed. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act was a law requiring American Colonists to provide housing and food to British soldiers. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was basically just an announcement declaring that Britain has the same taxing rights in America as it does in Britain. -
Townshend Act
These were a series of laws placed on the American Colonists by the British leaders that included a new tax on tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between colonists and british soldiers. The colonists were throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones at british officers and a british officer shot and killed a colonist and started a huge brawl. -
Tea Act
The tea act was a law passed by Parliament allowing the tea from the British East India Country to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first having to be stopped in England. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty led a protest and threw all of the tea on the merchant ships into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
These laws were passed by British officials in order to try to "punish" the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was passed by the British Parliament to French Canadians which gave them complete religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law. -
1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress was a meeting between leaders of 12 out of the 13 colonies that became the US. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense was a pamphlet made by Thomas Paine advocating why the colonies should gain their independence from Britain. -
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
Patrick Henry gave this speech at the Virginia debate on whether or not they should send troops to fight in the Revolutionary war. -
Battles at Lexington and Concord
The battles at Lexington and Concord were the first military interactions of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was the meeting of the leaders of the 13 colonies which formed the US. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was one of the first battles after the revolutionary war started. The British were trying to defend Boston and its seaport, while the American Militia were trying to take over it.
