American Revolution

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    French and Indian war

    A war between France and Britain and their respective Native Allies. Britain's involvement in the war led to great debt.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    One of the many taxes that Parliament passed for the colonists. This one in particular taxes paper goods like legal documents.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    While guarding the house of a tax collector, Loyalist soldiers possibly retaliated (May or may not have been a misfire) against the harassment from Colonists
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A protest where a group of colonists (Poorly) dressed as natives and boarded a ship and dumped tea into the harbor
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts

    A series of laws that Parliament passed punished the Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continential Congress

    First Continential Congress

    A meeting of the delegates from 12/13 Colonies (Georgia didn't attend) in Philadelphia in response to the Intolerable Acts.