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a conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, with both sides supported by various Native American tribes
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a British law that imposed a tax on all paper documents in the American colonies, requiring them to be printed on special, stamped paper -
The Sons of Liberty were a political group of American colonists who opposed British rule and taxation -
The Townshend Acts of 1767 were a series of British laws that placed taxes on goods imported into the American colonies, including glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony -
The Boston Tea Party was a significant act of defiance by American colonists against British rule and taxation without representation. -
address the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament and to formulate a unified response among the American colonies -
British troops, under the command of General Thomas Gage, marched from Boston to Concord to seize military supplies stored there. -
This meeting occurred at the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall. The Congress was a gathering of delegates from the thirteen American colonies, and it played a crucial role in guiding the colonies through the war and towards independence. -
The petition aimed to reconcile the colonies with the British government, specifically King George III, by assuring him of their loyalty and seeking his intervention to address their grievances. -
a "league of friendship" between the thirteen original states, establishing a weak central government with limited powers -
to persuade the American colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain -
a decisive battle in the American Revolutionary War, effectively ending major hostilities and leading to eventual peace negotiations -
1783 treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War -
a crucial agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia