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Minutemen
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Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin wrote the Albany Plan of the Union of 1754. It's purpose was to unite the Colonies during the French and Indian War that was the framework for the Articles of Confederation. This plan however failed. It is proposed that the application made for an act of Parliament, which one general government may -
French and Indian war
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The Parliament tried to remove the French from North America
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Pontiac's War
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Proclamation of 1763
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The Writs of Assistance
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A writ of assistance is a written order issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or a tax collector, to perform a certain task. Historically, several types of writs have been called "writs of assistance". Strictly to enforce the Acts of Trade.
The merchants and colonists were outraged. They hired an attorney to plead their case but ended up losing in the end. -
Patriots
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Sugar Act
British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. The British did this because they wanted more money; the British wanted this money to help provide more security for the colonies.Sugar Act made the people in the colonies very upset. If they only traded with Britain, they would not be able to sell their goods for as much. Some leaders of the colony started to boycott, or quite buying, British goods -
Currency Act
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Currnecy Act
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Commities of Corrispondence
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Boycott
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Stamp Act
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper the used. The presence of the stamp on these items was to be proof that the tax had been paid. The Colonists reacted immediately, asserting that the Stamp Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies without the approval of the colony. -
Townshend Act
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The purpose was to raise money for the government. Colonies were important revenue sources as well as consumers for British manufacturing.They complained that the Stamp Act was an “internal” tax.The Acts led to outrage among the colonists and helped spark the "Liberty" seizure and riots of 1768. -
Sons of Liberty
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Sons of Liberty to carry out acts of revenge and other violence not related to the cause. British authorities and their supporters, known as Loyalists, considered the Sons of Liberty as seditious rebels, referring to them as "Sons of Violence" and "Sons of Iniquity." It was unseemly that they would be so agitated by a parliamentary act. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacure was not a massacre but a protest. The mob was throwing snowballs at soldiers and the youngest soldier fired because he was scared, then everyone else fired.
The Boston massacre killed 5 colonist. When the colonist were protesting and the soldiers started to fire 5 died and the rest ran. -
Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Act was put into action to punish colonist in massachusetts for the boston tea party.
boston harbor was closed until tea was payed for.
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Quebec Act
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Olive Branch Petition
This was a reaction to the coercive Acts. A series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. The colonist Wrote this as a last attempt to avoid war, which was not achieved. They had hopes that is would work but in the end did not. -
Contienetal congress
Held because the colonist where very upset with the taxes.
Colonist were happy that people were trying to help stop the taxes
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Loyaltists
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Common Sense
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Lexington and Concord
British wanted to investigate accounts that the colonists were stockpiling weapons in Concord. 8 colonists were killed before the British marched on to Concord. Colonist did not like the fact that houses were burned down to figure this out. -
Tea Act
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. In Charleston the cargo was left to rot on the docks. In Boston the Royal Governor was stubborn & held the ships in port, where the colonists would not allow them to unload. Cargoes of tea filled the harbor, and the British ship's crews were stalled in Boston looking for work and often finding trouble. This situation led to the Boston Tea Party. Colonists in Philadelphia and New York turne -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The americans wanted to keep the british from leaving the city.
In the beginning the colonist were winning but then they ran out of ammunition, and ended up getting slaughtered. Colonist were all prepared except for ammunition, so they ended up loose and the only reason they ran out of bullets is because they were subjected to gun control laws. -
Restraint Act
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Pohibitory Act
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Battle of Quebec
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Second Continental Congress
Coloist wanted to break away from Great Britain, so they recruited an army. Colonist decided to completely break away from Great Britain. -
Decleration of indaapendence
The Decleration was to announce to King George III that the thirteen colonies which were previously under British rule were now free in spite their disagreement. It was a symbol of their nationalism and gave them strength towards fighting for a cause.
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Daugters of liberty
No exact date. They protested against taxes. The colonist were the Daughters of liberty they were the ones protesting
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Policy of non-importation
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Militia
No exact date.