American revolution

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  • french and indian war

    it provided great britain enormous territorial gain in north america

  • proclamation

    stopped american colonist from setting west in appalachia

  • sugar act

    a law that tried to curb the smuggling a sugar and molasses in colonies

  • stamp act

    british laws placing a tax on printed colonial matter

  • quartering act

    british 1760s law requiring colonist to supply the basic needs of british soldiers

  • townshend act

    passed by the british in a attempt to assert what is considered to be its historical rights

  • boston massacre

    violence between the british troops and colonist

  • boston tea party

    protest by the son of liberty against the british troops

  • tea act

    an effort to save the troubled enterprise the british passed the tea act

  • intolerable act

    british laws in response to the boston tea party

  • first continental congress

    it was a meeting between 12 of the 13 colonies' delegates, at an early stage of the american revolution

  • shot heard

    hundred of british troops set off from boston towards concord

  • second continental congress

    a meeting a delegates from the thirteen colonies in america

  • common sense

    written by thomas paine

  • declaration of independence

    the continental congress agrees to thomas jefferson