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French and Indian War
A war over land between Britain, France, their colonists, and the Natives -
Albany Congress
Meeting of the representatives for the colonies to unanimously vote on the possibility of union -
Writs of Assistance
Document that allowed British soldiers access to search colonial homes, buildings, and businesses while seizing property. -
Pontiac's War
A war launched by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with the British rule and their land being settled on -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbode colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains and required those who already had to move east. It was meant to promote peace with natives. -
Sugar Act
An act to raise money for the Empire and try to limit the smuggling of sugar and molasses -
Quartering Act
Stated that colonists would quarter or host soldiers in their houses, angered many colonists. -
Stamp Act
Required colonists to pay taxes in the form of stamps for papers, cards, and documents. Pays for stationed troops during Seven Years War -
Townshend Act
Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Nine British Soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists after being harassed. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the bay. -
Committee of Correspondance
The technique for communicating with spies to keep track of what Britain was doing helped prepare soldiers. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of four laws was passed by the British Parliament to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Tea act
Reduced tax on imported British tea led to colonists boycotting tea. -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of twelve of the thirteen delegates of the colonies. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First major battle between Britain and the colonists. -
Second Continental Congress
Meetings of delegates of the thirteen colonies to state independance. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle that the American Patriots lost, but where they proved they could hold their own against Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
A large battle that the Americans won, convincing France to cast an alliance and proving that Americans could beat Britain -
The Treaty of Paris
Treaty between the colonists and Britain that recognized the United States as an independent nation formally