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French Indian War
The French Indian War AKA the seven years war was a conflict between France and Great Britain it was from 1754 to 1763. -
Navigation Act
Series of laws to use the American colonies to make Britain's economy stronger.
Imposed restrictions on colonial trade.
The colonies could only import goods through Britain. -
Stamp Act
This act required the colonists to pay taxes represented by a stamp on papers, documents, and cards -
Quartering Act
This act said that Great Britain would keep soldiers in American Barracks and in public houses, and if there wasn't room they would be put in barns, inns, and other buildings. -
Townshend Act
This act was a series of laws passed by British government which placed new taxes and took away some freedom from the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
A violent confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in Boston on March 5, 1770. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest by American colonists against British taxes and the East India Company's monopoly on taxes.
The colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
It was a series of laws passed by British Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston tea Party.
The laws were intended to reimpose British control over the colonies. -
Olive Branch Petition
A document sent by second continental to King George III, as last attempt to prevent war with Great Britain by expressing colonists loyalty to the crown while begging for a resolution to grievances and a peaceful reconciliation with British government. -
Battle of Lexington and concord
It was the first major military engagement of American Revolutionary War , marked the start of armed conflict between British troops and American colonial militias.
The famous shot heard around the world. -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from the thirteen American colonies took place in Philadelphia in 1775. This was after the Battles of Lexington and Concord. They aimed to unite against British policies, which eventually led to the American Revolution by declaring independence and drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776. -
Common Sense
It was made by Thomas Paine.
It helped sway the 13 colonies towards independence with his persuasive case for separation from Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a document that announced the separation of the 13 colonies. -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the US established the country's national government after the American Revolution.
It was in effect from 1781 to 1789 -
Daniel Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was a violent uprising in Massachusetts caused by a debt crisis.
It was between 1786 and 1787 -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met from May to September 1787 to fix the weak central government under the Articles of Confederation.