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French and Indian War
It was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years War. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by King George III which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act, which was about to expire. -
Stamp Act
It was passed by the British Parliament which imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America. -
Quartering Act
The act was made for soldiers to be provided with accommodation and shelter. -
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Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. -
Committees of Correspondence
A group of colonists that rallied for opposition against British policy and created a union. -
Tea Act
The act was to bail out the struggling East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
A raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
A set of harsh laws passed by British Parliament to punish colonists for their protests. -
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First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Lexington and Concord
Two battles that started off the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
Managed the Colonial war effort and moved towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Pain. -
Declaration of Independence
The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.