American Revolution

  • French Indian War (1756-1763)

    It began in 1754 and ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763. It was a wee between great Britain and England.
  • Navigation Acts

    a series of laws passed by the parliament to restrict colonial trade.
  • Stamp Act

    An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspaper and legal documents.
  • Quartering Act

    An act the requires colonial authorities to provide food,drink, quarters, fuel and transportation to british forces.
  • Townshend Acts

    it was a series of measures passed by the british parliament that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    A deadly riot that occurred on march 5, 1770, on king street in Boston MA.
  • Boston Tea Party

    An American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Unitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    adopted by the second continental congress on July, 5 1775 and signed on the 8th of July in a final attempt to avoid war.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The battles were fought in Middlesex county, Province of Massachusetts Bay and within the towns of Lexington.
  • Second Continental Congress

    meeting of delegates from the thirteen colonies in America that united in the American Revolution.
  • Common Sense

    a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the colonies.
  • Declaration of Independence

    The pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting in Philadelphia PA.
  • Articles of Confederation

    An agreement among the 13 original states of the US.
  • Daniel Shays' Rebellion

    High taxes and stringent economic conditions in September 1786.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Known as the federal convention the PA convention or the grand convention at Philadelphia.