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The French-Indian War was a branch off the 7 years war of Britain and France.The French-Indian War were between the colonists backed by native tribes and the French backed by other tribes. -
The navigation acts of 1763 said that the colonies itself cannot do business with any country or colony, everything must be done by Great Britain. -
The stamp act was a law put on the colony that required a tax on all documents and papers that Britain put on the colonies without the colonies approval or representation, and that really set the colonists off. -
The Quartering Act was a Law that said if any soldier was to go to year house you would have to feed them, shelter them and take care of them, no matter what. -
to help pay for the colonies Britain passed a tax against glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The colonies are not happy about this and they didn't wanna buy British products. -
The Boston Massacre was an event that happened on king street in Boston between a "riot" of colonists and British troops. We are not curtain weather or not the shooting that took place was on purpose or a freak accident that turned into a Massacre. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the british tax on tea that the British just dumped on the colonists, the Colonists did not want Taxation without representation. -
The Intolerable ACts were acts made by the British to punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea party. The 4 acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
The Battle of Lexington & Concord was the first major battle in the revolutionary war, that the colonists won with 49 deaths and for the British they had 73. -
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting that made george washington commander-in-chief, and adopted the declaration of independence. -
The Olive Branch Petition was written by John Dickinson who wanted a compromise between the British government and the colonies. It failed because it was an illegal document created by an illegal congress lead by rebels. -
Common sense was a Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, that went on for 47 pages about Advocating Independence from Britain and urging the colonists to want it also. -
The Declaration of Independence was a document written by Thomas Jefferson, to announce and explain separation from Great Britain. -
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement of the 13 states of the United States, Written by John Dickinson, that served as the country's first frame of government. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion was an "armed uprising" in direct response to a debt crisis.(increased taxes) -
The Constitutional Convention was a meeting between 55 delegates to talk about the weak central Government that the Articles of Confederation gave us.