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French and Indian War
War between the French and English over colonial territory and wealth -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III prohibited settlement along the west coast of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
A tax on several products -
Quartering Act
Forces colonists to house British troops and provide them with food and goods -
Stamp Act
Forces colonists to pay a tax on several products and activites -
Townshend Acts
A series of acts passed by Parliament after Charles Townshend -
Boston Massacre
A group of colonists surrounded some British soldiers and threw rocks and snow until the soldiers shot in to the crowd and killed 5 people -
Boston Tea Party
About 60 men, including some members of the Sons of Liberty, boarded ships on the night of December 16, 1773 and dump tea chests into the water. -
Tea Act
A monopoly on selling British Tea to the colonies -
First Continental Congress
All colonies sent delegates to discuss matter regarding England -
Coercive Acts
A series of British measures passed. Designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Shot Heard 'Round the World'
Minutemen and British soldiers meet at Lexington, and an unknown shot was fired that started the American Revolution -
Second Continental Congress
Chose George W. as commander of the Continental Army and start to act like a real government -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's 50 page Pamphlet on support for colonial independence -
Declaration of Independence
Document explaining why colonists breaking away from Britain