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French and Indian war
This was a war between British America and New France over the land of the appalachian mountains, france had help from the native americans. This war resulted in a british victory -
Proclamation of 1763
After the 7 year war between the French and Indians against the British, King George III proposed a proclamation because the Idians feared the colonists would drive them out of their own land as they moved west. This proclamation cut off all lands west of the head of all the rivers that flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off limits. -
Sugar Act
An act passed that put a tax on sugar and molasses, was eventually repealed -
Stamp Act
An act imposing taxes on stamps going on newspapers, legal, and commercial documents. This act would eventually be repealed in 1766. -
Quarting Act
This was an act passed in which the American colonists had to provide housing for the red coats -
Boston Massacre
This was an incident that occured between the red coats and colonists, the red coats were get taunted by the colonists and were ordered not to fire. When a solider got hit with a rock, another red coat fired. This led to 5 people being killed. -
Tea Act
This was an act that forced the colonists to not only stop selling their own tea but buy British tea and also pay a tax. -
Boston Tea Party
The boston tea party was a political protest by the colonists. They stormed the British ships and threw the British tea over the ships into the ocean, ruining a lot of the tea. -
Intolerable acts
An act of punitive laws passed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their actions at the Boston Tea Party -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This is known as the first battle of the American Revolution, this battle resulted in a colonists victory -
Declaration of independence
A statement giving the colonies freedom from the British, forming a new nation: United States of America. -
Articles of Confederation: First Constitution
This was Americas first constitution. This was a failure which gave the states too much power, instead trying to fix all the flaws they scrapped this constitution and came up with a new one -
Battle of Yorktown
Known as the final battle of the American Revolution, a battle that lasted 21 days (Sep 28. - Oct. 19). The British surrendered to the colonists -
Treaty of Paris
This was a treaty signed by Paris representives of King George III officially ending the American Revolution -
New Constitution
After the first constitution failed they wrote the constitution we still use to this day. -
Bill of rights
The bill of rights is the name given to the first ten amendments of the United States constitution
