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Albany Plan for the Union
Benjamin Franklin suggested this plan and fell because the colonies were afraid of losing their autonomy or self government. -
French and Indian War
The British thought the colonists would help pay for the cost of the War, but it doubled their national debt. -
Proclamation of 1763
Intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Quartering Act
Requiring local governments to provide British soldiers with housing and food. -
Stamp Act
A new tax imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Townshend Acts
A series of British Acts of Parliament. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under harassment by a mob -
Boston Tea Party
Political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
Tea Act
Reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company. -
1st Continental Congress
It was decided that each colony would be allotted one secret ballot. -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. Boston Tea Party In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
A document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens to King George. -
2nd Continental Congress
Established the Continental Army. -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
Encouraged common people on the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
Declaration of Independence
Statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. -
Declaratory Act
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the US, which was later replaced by the US Constitution. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War