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The French and Indian War
(1754-1763) was the North American theater og the worldwide Seven Year's War. The war was fought between the colonies of British American and New France.The name French and Indian War is used mainly in the United State and in English-speaking Canada and refers to the two main enemies of the British colonists. -
The Seven years war
It was from 1756 to 1763. They had many stuggles around that time. They were versing with the French and the Indians. Many people died, but then when the war was over the Britian were in debt and they had to raise all the taxes. -
Stamp Act
was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London. The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Year's War. -
Sons of Liberty
was an organization of dissidents that originated in the North American British colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights og the colonists and to take to the streets against the abuses of the British goverment. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was on 1770 on March 5. It was the culminationod tensions in the American colonies that was growing since the Royal troops first appered in Massachusetts on October 1768.They were heavly taxingto impose the townshend Acts. -
The Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, Boston took Patriots matters into their own hands. They were dressing up like indians and boared three British ships. Instead of buying the cheaper tea,the colonist protested that the British were tring to trick them into paying tax. That event became the Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts.
The acts took away Massachusetts self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. -
The First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. -
Non-Importation Act
The Non-Importation Act was an act passed by the United States Congress on October 28, 1774 which forbade the importation of certain British goods in an attempt to coerce Great Britain to suspend its impressment of American sailors and to respect American sovereignty and neutrality on the high seas. This was the first attempt of President Thomas Jefferson's administration to respond economically, instead of militarily, to the British actions. The act was suspended, but was quickly replaced by th -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
were the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. The were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. The battle marked the outbreak of open armed conflict.
