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The French and Indian War (1756-1763) was a conflict between Britain and France in North America. It ended with Britain gaining control of much of the region. -
The 1763 Navigation Acts restricted colonial trade, requiring goods to be shipped via British ports and ships. -
The Stamp Act of 1765 required American colonists to pay a tax on printed materials, including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards, in British currency. -
A law that required American colonies to provide housing, food, and supplies to British soldiers stationed in their towns -
The Townshend Acts (1767) were laws that taxed imported goods like glass, tea, and paper in the American colonies, aiming to raise revenue for Britain. -
A protest against a tax on tea took place on December 16, 1773, Colonists boarded britsh ships in Boton Harbor and dumped 342. -
Disguised as Mohawk Indians, American colonists boarded British ships and tossed 340 chests of tea, owned by the East India Company, into the water. -
Were a series of punitive laws passed by the British in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. These acts were designed to punish the Massachusetts colony and tighten British control. -
To be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. -
Massachusetts colonists challenged British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and began a long struggle for independence. -
The governing body through which the American colonies coordinated their resistance to British rule during the early years of the American Revolution. -
Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine in 1776, urged the colonies to seek independence from Britain, helping to sway public opinion toward revolution. -
The Declaration of Independence, signed on July 4, 1776, declared the American colonies' independence from Britain, outlining their right to self-governance. -
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the U.S., establishing a weak central government, eventually replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1789. -
An uprising in western Massachusetts against high taxes and harsh economic conditions. -
Was a meeting of state delegates in Philadelphia to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution, creating a stronger federal government.