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Navigation Act
Laws passed by British parliament that forced restrictions on colonial trade -
French-Indian War
Because of the French-Indian War, England owed huge debt.England goes from salutary neglect to mercantilism -
Stamp Act
Placed taxes on paper documents -
Quartering Act
Allowed British soldiers to stay in colonist houses -
Townshend Act
Placed taxes on household item like glass, tea, paper, lead, and paint -
Boston Massacre
A riot between colonist and the british soldiers that resulted in 5 dead -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists in Massachusetts dumped tea abroad the ships into the ocean as protest -
Intolerable Acts
Laws that were set to punish the colonist after the Boston tea party -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle that started the Revolutionary war -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates met from the thirteen colonies during the Revolutionary war -
Olive Branch Petition
Colonist finial attempt to avoid going to war with British during the Revolutionary war -
Declaration of Independence
A document approving America's independence from Great Britain -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine stating how the 13 colonies should be independent -
Articles Of Confederation
A document that established the function of the government -
Daniel Shays Rebellion
Protester protested against the government because they were in debt and farmer had no money -
Constitutional Convention
Members of the Constitutional Convention met to solve problems on how America should be governed that took placed in Philadelphia
