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French and Indian War
Fought between the French and British, The French and Indian war started in 1754 because the French wanted to protect their lands from the British with the help of Indians on both sides -
Proclamation of 1763
After the French and Indian war, The British took French territory but the land was to large to protect so the royal crown issued The Proclamation of 1763, which forbids all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar act
The American Revenue Act, or Sugar Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764. -
Stamp act
Due to the colonist not paying taxes, the Parliament issued the Stamp Act which puts taxes on every printed paper they used like legal documents, newspapers, etc. -
Quartering Act
The British Parliament passed an act saying if there is no room in the barracks, they will be housed in houses or inns. -
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Townshend Act
The townshend act was a series of taxes and laws passed by the British parliament. One of the acts was the Revenue Act -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a incident in March 5, 1770 when British soldiers shot and killed people while under a mod attack -
Committees of correspondence
The Committees of correspondence was the 13 colonies joining together to opposition against British policy and established a political union -
Tea Act
Tea Act was the act that allowed British government granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts in 1773 -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, also called the Coercive Acts, were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests -
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall -
Lexington and Concord
Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 -
Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Its wasnt signed until August 2 1776