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French and Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years War, it was a war between Britain and France.
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Proclamation of 1763
A contract issued by King George III that prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia.
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Sugar Act
A law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties.
http://www.stamp-act-history.com/sugar-act/1764-april-5-sugar-act/ -
Quartering Act
It required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20100329/News/303299758 -
Stamp Act
A tax that was imposed onto American colonists by the British Parliament.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act -
Townshend Act
A series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767.
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Boston Massacre
A deadly riot that began between American colonists and a lone British soldier.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre -
Tea Act
It granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by American colonists over taxes that were imposed by Britain. The colonists dumped chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
Coercive Acts
Laws restricting colonists' rights, including the right to a trial by jury. The aim of the legislation was to restore order in Massachusetts.
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-intolerable-acts -
First Continental Congress
A meeting where delegates from the colonies discussed the resistance to the new taxes.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress -
Shot Heard Around The World
It occurred during a brief battle between British troops and local minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War.
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Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/the-second-continental-congress/ -
Common Sense
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine that helped cause the American colonists to decide to fight for independence.
https://www.biography.com/scholar/thomas-paine -
Declaration of Independence
It was an official act of independence from Great Britain.
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/declaration-of-independence-1776