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French-Indian War
It was a conflict in North America. It lasted from 1754 to 1763. It was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain, that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain. -
Stamp Act
It was a tax on anything on paper including newspapers, brochures, and even playing cards. -
Navigation Acts
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade. -
Townshend Acts
New duties were placed on imports of glass, lead, paper, and tea to the Colonies from Great Britain. The revenue used from were used to pay for the colonial governors and judges. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists, 5 were killed. It was a protest against a tax on tea. Colonists snuck aboard British ships and dumped tea. -
Boston Tea Party
An act of protest, in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor while dressed as Indians. They did this to agitate against both a tax on tea. -
Quartering Act
Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses, and barns, alehouses, inns. -
Intolerable Acts
Authorized the Royal Navy to blockade Boston Harbor. It closed Bostons Port to commercial traffic, and forbade any exports to foreign ports or provinces. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
A battle that kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Someone fired "the shot heard around the world". Eight minutemen were killed, and a dozen or so were wounded. -
Second Continental Congress
Meetings of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. This established American Independence from the British Empire. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared, and the petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown, and also emphasized their rights as British citizens. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a document that expresses the ideals on which the United States of America was founded, and why it separated from Great Britain. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It helped to shape public opinion to prefer a Republic government. It also played a pivotal role in the American Revolution, by advocating independence from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States. It was a very weak central government. It was displayed as a "league of friendship" among the states. It lasted for about ten years. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
It was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester, that was in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was held to address the weakness of the Article of Confederation. This Convention ultimately decided to create the U.S. Constitution. It was held in Philadelphia, which is why it's also known as the Philadelphia Convention.