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French and Indian War
French and Indian War or Seven Years' War, was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France. They fought for seven years from 1754-1763 and the Treaty of Paris ended it in 1763. -
The Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, to prohibit all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain, which put tax on sugar and molasses. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament,the new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used including ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Quartering Act
Parliament passes the Quartering Act, to outline the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies and colonist must let them live with them. -
Townshend Act
originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act . They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. it was repealed in 1770. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men, the aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the America Revolutionary War. -
Committees Of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence was instrumental in setting up the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia. These served an important role in the Revolution, by disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments. -
Tea Act
The British Parliament passed the Tea Act,this allowed the company to sell its goods to the colonies without paying taxes. This meant the East India Company could sell their tea cheaper than the American merchants. It did not impose any new tax on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea.Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act and its provisions for taxation of tea. -
Intolerable Act
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
The delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia which was fighting a Native-American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies, met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Lexington and Concord
It was the first revolutionary battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops was sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead.This also was considered a turning point. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine published the pamphlet, in which argued that the colonists should free themselves from British rule and establish an independent government based on Enlightenment ideals , one that would protect man's natural rights. -
The Declaration of Independence
It was created to provide that all men are created equal and there are certain unalienable rights that governments should never violate. These rights include the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. When a government fails to protect those rights, it is not only the right, but also the duty of the people to overthrow that government.