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French & Indian War
Fourth and most defusive war in the colonies lasted sevens years -
Albany Plan of Union
written by Benjamin Franklin this was the first document to aim for a permanent union of American colonies. -
George III takes thrown
Pursued a colony policy aimed at solving Britain's domestic financial problems -
Stamp Act
in efforts to raise funds most printed papers in the colonies had to have stamps -
Quartering Act
An act that made the colonists provide food and living quarters for British soldiers -
Stamp Act Congress
Resolved that only their own elected representatives had elected the legal authority to approve taxes -
Townshend Acts
Revenues raised to be used to pay crown officials in the colonies -
Boston Massacre
Street fight that involved British guards and a mob of "patriots" leaving five people dead including a free black man named Crispus Attucks -
Boston Tea Party
Sixty men dressed as Native Americans dumped the entire shipment of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
British government enacted a series of punitive acts -
Second Continental Congress
Divided into 2 groups where one group thought the colonies should decide on their independence -
Quebec Act
Law passed to organize Canadian lands -
First Continental Congress
Determined how the colonies should react to what, from their viewpoint -
Declaration of Independence
Announced the thirteen colonies’ separation from Britain and explained the reasons for the decision. -
Articles of Confederation
The representatives of the thirteen states agree to create a confederacy called the United States of America