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The French and Indian War was a stage in the Seven Years' War, involving the British Empire's North American colonies against the French, each supported by Native American tribes. -
The Navigation Acts were a series of English laws that regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce with other countries and its colonies. -
The Stamp Act aimed to fund the army by imposing a tax on all legal and official papers and publications in the colonies. -
The Quartering Act mandated Great Britain to house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses, and if colonial housing was insufficient, they would be quartered in various buildings. -
The Townshend Acts introduced taxes on various goods, leading to a reluctance among the colonies to import British goods. -
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770, when nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of around 400 people, who were verbally and physically harassed. -
This was an event were the colonist went of British ships and dumped 342 chest of tea into the Boston harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts were British Parliament's four laws punishing Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party, which inspired a revolution. -
The Petition emphasized the loyalty of the British crown and their rights as British citizens, and the Congress met as scheduled. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a significant victory and widespread militia support for the anti-British cause. -
The Second Continental Congress was a gathering of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies, united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War, marking American independence from the British Empire. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" pamphlet significantly influenced the Thirteen Colonies towards independence, presenting a compelling and passionate case for their independence from Britain. -
The Declaration of Independence, also known as the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, is the founding document of the United States. -
The Articles of Confederation established the functions of the United States' national government after declaring independence from Great Britain. -
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester, sparked by a debt crisis and opposition to the state government's increased tax collection efforts. -
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, held between May and September 1787, aimed to address the issues of a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation.