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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.