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Founding in Colonies
A group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the USA. In 1606, a group of wealthy London businessmen asked King James I for a charter to establish a colony in the New World. -
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French and Indian War
A war between France and its colonists and Indian allies fought against Britain. It took place in North America from 1754-1763. They wanted to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America -
“No Taxation Without Representation”
The resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament. They elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution. It is a phrase that attributed to James Otis in Massachusetts in 1761. -
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Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act
Parliament passed acts that 1) wanted colonists to buy sugar from the British, which was basically an extension of the Molasses act, increased number of items taxed when imported 2) required some colonists to house and feed British soldiers serving in America 3) prohibited the issuing of any new bills and reissued existing currency abolished colonial bills 4) requires colonists to buy a British stamp for every official document obtained. This occured in order to gain more tax revenue. -
Sons of Liberty
Sam Adams, Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Edes, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Lamb, William Mackay, Alexander McDougall, James Otis, Benjamin Rush, Isaac Sears, Haym Solomon, James Swan, Charles Thomson, Thomas Young, Marinus Willett, and Oliver Wolcott were members of an organization to protect the rights of colonists and protest the British taxation. -
Boston Tea Party
A Tea act. To protest British Parliament's tax on tea.
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. It was a political protest
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Boston Blockade
The British parliament ordered the Royal Navy to blockade Boston Harbor. The blockade prevented supplies from entering the Harbor. The parliament ordered the citizens of Massachusetts to quarter British soldiers. It was in Boston in 1774 -
Intolerable Acts
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen Colonies. It was the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. It was to Organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts -
Paul Revere's "Ride"
A midnight horse ride from Boston to Lexington in order to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord
The first two battles of the American Revolution, fought between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Province of Massachusetts Bay, started when British troops were sent to confiscate weapons but ran into a militia. -
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
A pamphlet that attributed to Thomas Paine. It was in the colonies in 1776. It was to convince colonists to fight for independence.
