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French Indian War
Known as the "seven year war" -
Stamp Act
Act that put taxes on all Colonist goods and was required on all printed paper. -
Townshend acts
A series of acts passed by Charles Townshend -
Boston Massacre
Killing of five colonists by British citizens -
Tea act
Was to cut smuggled tea and to help the tea business thrive.Tax on tea -
Boston tea party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty were in Boston harbor and threw 342 crates tea in the water -
Intolerable act
Meant as a punishment for the colonists after the Boston tea party. -
1st continental congress
Meeting of delegate from 12 of the 13 colonies. -
Coercive Acts
Made in direct response to Boston tea party -
Lexington and Concord
First military engagements in the American revolutionary war. -
Publishing of Common Sense
Pamphlet used to spread ideas in favor of American Revolution, by Thomas Pain -
@nd continental congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved to independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence
