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Plan to put British North American colonies under a centralized government but, was never carried out
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Also known as “The Seven Years War” Between Britain and France. The problem started when The French started expanding into the Ohio River. The British officially declared war in 1756.
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a Native American uprising against British troops
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Colonists said it violated their rights as citizens. Colonists began boycotting British goods.
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The first tax on American Colonies, Taxed by the British Parliament.
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British Parliament regulated paper money given to American Colonists, done to keep British merchants safe from colonist currency.
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Required colonists to pay taxes on every single piece of paper used
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British required American colonists to house and feed British troops.
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The declaratory act was the repeal of the stamp act.
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Founded in Boston, Massachusetts; created secretly to advance the rights of the colonists.
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Taxes on paper, glass, lead, paint, and tea
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British soldiers shot and killed 5 people while being harassed by a mob
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A British tea monopoly was allowed to tax the tea sent to colonists.
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A protest by the sons of liberty that led to them pouring chests of tea into the Boston harbor.
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A set of 5 laws meant to punish Massachusetts for the “Boston Tea Party”.
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A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies.
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Argued to show that Virginia should have their military fighting in the Revolutionary war.
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The first battle of the Revolutionary War.
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Gave French Canadians complete religious freedom
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A meeting with all of the delegates from the 13 colonies
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American militia inflicted significant losses on the British during this battle. British wanted to control the port at Bunker Hill.
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A pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine to advocate independence from Great Britain
