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American Revolution
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Albany Plan of Union
Plan to put British North American colonies under a centralized government but, was never carried out -
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French and Indian War
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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Pontiac's Rebellion
a Native American uprising against British troops -
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists said it violated their rights as citizens. Colonists began boycotting British goods. -
Sugar Act
The first tax on American Colonies, Taxed by the British Parliament. -
Currency Act
British Parliament regulated paper money given to American Colonists, done to keep British merchants safe from colonist currency. -
Stamp Act
Required colonists to pay taxes on every single piece of paper used -
Quartering Act
British required American colonists to house and feed British troops. -
Declaratory Act
The declaratory act was the repeal of the stamp act. -
Colonists formed Sons of Liberty
Founded in Boston, Massachusetts; created secretly to advance the rights of the colonists. -
Townshend Act
Taxes on paper, glass, lead, paint, and tea -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed 5 people while being harassed by a mob -
Tea Act
A British tea monopoly was allowed to tax the tea sent to colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest by the sons of liberty that led to them pouring chests of tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
A set of 5 laws meant to punish Massachusetts for the “Boston Tea Party”. -
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1st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. -
Patrick Henry's "Give my liberty or give me death" speech
Argued to show that Virginia should have their military fighting in the Revolutionary war. -
Battles at Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Quebec Act
Gave French Canadians complete religious freedom -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting with all of the delegates from the 13 colonies -
Battle of Bunker Hill
American militia inflicted significant losses on the British during this battle. British wanted to control the port at Bunker Hill. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
A pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine to advocate independence from Great Britain
