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French & Indian War
From 1754-1756 a major war was fought in the American Colonies named the French and Indian war. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the British got territory in North America as the result. -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts declared what England and its colonies could bring in, send out, and exported. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act where every American colonist had to pay taxes on every piece of the printed paper that they used. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required the colonies to provide housing for the British soldiers because they were protecting the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws that made the colonists pay taxes on things such as paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against increased tea prices in which they dumped tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Acts are also known as the Coercive Acts was a series of laws to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord took place on April 19, 1775. This Battle was very small but it is important because it was the main reason the American Revolutionary War took place. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from each colony met in Philadelphia and talked about the Intolerable Acts, which was Boston's punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet named "Common Sense" that advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The D.O.I is a formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The colonies knew that they needed some form of official government that united the 13 colonies so they came up with the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was the first Constitution of the US that united the colonies. -
Daniel Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts between 1786 and 1787. Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels in an uprising against perceived economic and civil rights injustices. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was where they gathered to discuss the Articles of confederation. After some time it was decided that a new constitution was needed.