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War between France and Great Britain fought in North America -
Made Colonies restrict trade to just England and didn't let them explore trade elsewhere. These also made the colonies less reliable on foreign goods. -
Stamp act was a act made by England to put a tax on newspaper and other legal paper documents. -
This act made in 1765 caused the people to of the colonies to allow British soldiers to live in their house and be fed with no exception or payment. -
This act put a tax on many frequently used items by the colonist. Things such as tea, lead , and paint. -
A group of rebels are protesting after some stirring and something is thrown at a red coat. The group of red coat fired on unarmed rebels -
Group of rebels dress up as native americans and dump a insane amount of tea into boston harbor. To protest the tea act. -
The Intolerable Acts also known as the coercive acts were a set of laws meant to punish colonists for boston tea party. -
British attempted to seize a rebel uprising and their weapons. What happened next is said to be the "shot heard round the world" and the beggining of the war. -
Letter sent to king from colonists as a last attempt to keep from formal war being declared. -
Delegates from the the colonies come together and discuss England, their wrongs and steps towards independence -
Book by Thomas Paine that called for independence from England and argued against the British -
America first and former form of government. That was very weak and was needed to be changed -
The official document written by Thomas Jefferson that established independence from England. Uses lots of John Locke ideas. -
Rebellion of former soldiers and farmers led by Daniel Shays after farmland was being taken, this showed weaknesses of AOC -
Delegates met in secret and after much discussing abolished to AOC and came up with a new form of government and our current three branches