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The Albany Congress
-The Albany Congress (also known as "The Conference of Albany") was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of seven of the thirteen British colonies in British America.
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The French and Indian War
-When the war began France controlled the Louisiana Territory and Canada.
-The fighting between the French and the British began in 1754, but war was not officially declared until 1756. -
Sugar Act
-The American Revenue Act of 1764
- Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
The Currency Act
-Unlike the earlier Act, this statute did not prohibit the colonies from issuing paper money, but it did forbid them from designating future currency issues as legal tender for public and private debts.
-The Currency Act 1764 (4 Geo. III c. 34) extended the 1751 Act to all of the British colonies of North America. -
Stamp Act
-Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
-The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
-In 1766 1,500 British soldiers sailed in New York Harbor. ...
-The Quartering Act was one in a series of events that caused the American Revolution. -
The Quartering Act
- The colonists felt that the Quartering Act of 1765 violated the 1689 English Bill of Rights. In 1766 1,500 British soldiers sailed in New York Harbor.
- The Quartering Act was one in a series of events that caused the American Revolution.
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The Declaratory Act
-The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo 3 c 12)
- The Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
-The Townshend Acts were actually a series of taxes and laws imposed upon the colonists.
-The first, the Townshend Revenue Act, placed a tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
Boston Non-Importion Agreement
-The Boston Non-Importation Agreement: Boston Takes Action Against the Townshend Revenue Act.
- The Boston Non-Importation Agreement of August 1, 1768, was a formal collective decision made by Boston based merchants and traders not to import or export items to Britain. -
Boston Massacare
-The Boston Massacre was a famous pre-revolutionary incident that occurred on March 5, 1770.
-British troops (Redcoats), who were quartered in the city, fired into a rioting mob killing five American civilians. -
Boston Tea Party
-It was a protest by the American Colonists against the British in regards to the tea taxes that had been imposed on them.
-This protest involved throwing chests of tea from three British trade ships into the Boston Harbor. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
-The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
-The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
-Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Declaration of Independence
-By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
-The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
