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The French and Indian War was part of a worldwide nine years' war that took place between 1754 and 1763. It was fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the vast colonial territory of North America -
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade -
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. -
The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. -
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. The Congress met according to adjournment. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous 'shot heard 'round the world', marked the start of the American War of Independence -
The Second Continental Congress assumed the normal functions of a government, appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, -
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
The book seeks to emphasize the importance of Locke's empirical approach to truth - the method of modern science -
The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, Shays' Rebellion was brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War. -
it was decided that the best solution to the young country's problems was to set aside the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution.