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Define: A conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, ending in British victory and territorial gains in North America.
How it led to revolution: Created massive war debt for Britain, which they sought to pay off with new taxes on the colonies -
Define: Agreement that formally ended the French and Indian War
How it led to revolution: Shifted British attention towards the colonies, causing new tensions -
Define: A British law that placed taxes on sugar, molasses, coffee, and other goods imported into the American colonies.
How it led to revolution: Angered colonists who felt their rights were violated through "taxation without representation" -
Define: British laws requiring the American colonies to house, supply, and pay for British soldiers.
How it led to revolution: Created a sense of injustice among colonists who were forced to house British soldiers without their consent. -
Define: A British law that placed a direct tax on the American colonies, requiring a tax stamp on most paper goods like legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards
How it led to revolution: Angered colonists who felt their rights were violated through "taxation without representation" -
Define: A series of British laws that put new taxes on goods like tea, glass, paper, and paint imported into the American colonies.
How it led to revolution: Provoked anger over "taxation without representation," which led to protests, boycotts, and violence -
Define: British soldiers fired into a hostile crowd of colonists, killing five people
How it led to revolution: Fueled the anger and distrust over issues like taxation without representation and more -
Define: A British law that let the British East India Company sell tea directly and at a lower price, but with a continued tax
How it led to revolution: Created a monopoly for the British East India Company, which colonists saw as a form of "taxation without representation" -
Define: A protest where American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the British Parliament's Tea Act
How it led to revolution: Caused a severe British response (Intolerable acts) -
Define: A series of four laws passed by the British to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
How it led to revolution: United the colonies against the British, as they were seen as an unjust punishment after the Boston Tea Party. -
Define: A convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that met in Philadelphia to protest the Intolerable Acts
How it led to revolution: Helped create colonial unity and took decisive actions against British policies -
Define: The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
How it led to revolution: Showed that colonists were willing to fight for their rights and created a sense of resistance that spread through the colonies -
Define: Served as the de facto government of the colonies during the Revolutionary War
How it led to revolution: Functioned as a revolutionary government, managed the war effort, and formally declared independence -
Define: A document that announced the 13 American colonies were breaking away from British rule
How it led to revolution: Changed the conflict from a civil dispute over rights within the British Empire into a full-blown war