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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a fight for supremacy of the Ohio Valley region, between the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers -
Townshend Act of 1767
governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston Massacre
seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony -
Boston Tea Party
It showed that the Sons of Liberty identified with America, over their official status as subjects of Great Britain. -
The Great Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of Compromise, each state would get two representatives in the Senate and a variable number of representatives in the House in proportion to its population