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French and Indian War
The war lasted until 1763. -
Stamp Act
Taxes imposed by Britain to ensure items were pain British currency instead of Colonial currency -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre was an incident in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six more. -
Tea Act
An act to undercut price of tea that was smuggled into Brtiain's North American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest held by the Sons of Liberty. -
Intolerable Acts
Acts that had taken away self-government from Massachusetts and other colony rights -
First Continental Congress
Covention held by twelve out of thirteen colony delegates to discuss boycotts against Britains new acts and laws. -
Lexington & Concord
The first official armed battle between Great Britain and the 13 colonies in the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress contained the same members from the First Continental Congress but this time the Congress drafted the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of INdependence
A document that specified what the 13 colonies wanted to declare from Great Britain during their process of independence.
