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It was a war between France and England. It was also known as a seven-year war. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty in 1763. -
It was a series of laws that restricted the use of shipping for trading. -
It was used to help pay for the British troops during the 7-year war. It required the colonists to pay a tax. -
The Quartering Acts were several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain which required local authorities in the 13 Colonies of British North America to provide British Army personnel in the colonies with food and housing. -
It was used to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. It initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
It was when British soldiers fired into a crowd killing five people and wounding another six. it then angered an entire colony. -
People were throwing thousands of tea into the Boston Harbor. This happened because they wanted to protect the British Parliament's tax on tea. -
It is a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
It was when it marked the start of the American War of Independence. -
They established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief. -
They established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
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The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and their rights as British citizens. -
The Declaration of Independence. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. -
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government -
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their trades. -
It was to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.