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The French-Indian War was between the French and Indians vs. Great Britain and the Colonists. -
Navigation Acts were acts of Parliament that restricted colonial trade with England. -
Colonists were to let soldiers stay in their houses and provide for the soldiers. -
The Stamp Act was a tax colonists had to pay that got stamped for any paper documents -
The Townshend Acts taxed glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea. -
British soldiers shot into a hasty crowd of colonists killing 5 and wounding 6. -
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea from all ships in Boston harbor. -
The British government passed four laws to punish Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. It consisted of the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Impartial Admin of Justice Act, & Quartering Act.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine talks about independence from Great Britain. -
Established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander in Chief. -
Was the first battle of the American Revolution. -
It was a petition sent by the citizens of British colonies in America to reconcile with England and King George III. -
States the principles of our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. -
It served as the first constitution of the United States. -
A violent rebellion in the Massachusett's countryside. -
55 delegates met up and wrote the first-ever written constitution getting rid of the Articles of Confederation.