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French-Indian War
The french-Inddian war was a 7 year war in which the british colonies had to figh the french colonist t -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were a group of laws passed by the british parliament putting a boundry on american colonies trade -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was a tax put on paper goods such as playing cards newspapers and many other items -
Townshend Acts
HTe townshend acts were a tax placed on things such as lead,glass,paper,paint and tea -
Boston Massacre
The boston massacre was an event that took place in boston in which nine briitish soliders opened fire on a crowd of protester injuring 6 and killing 5 -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest on the townshend act in which american coloines dump 92,000 punds of tea into the boston harpor -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act allowed british troops to be stationed in peoples houses and private faciltys -
Intolerable Acts
The intorerble acts was a set of laws passed after the Boston tea party to punish the colonist -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Battle of Lexington & Concord was the first fight of the american revolution in which a gunshot went off causing british soliders to open fire -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olivie Branch Petition was adopted by the congress in 1775 to sent to king james to try to prevent a war from hapoing the petition also states their loyalty to the british crown adn there rights as british citizens -
Second Continental Congress
During the Second Continental Congress they created an army and elected george washington as the leader -
Common Sense
Was a oamblet wich was written bt THomas Panie which afgued independence form england and the creation of a democratic republic -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was witten by thomas jefferson saying that humans have the god givien right of life freedom and pursuit of happness and declaring independece form england -
Articles of Confederation
the Articles of Confederation was a written document setting up the form of government in the united staes of america -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
The Daniel Shays’ Rebellion was a uprising in western massachuets and worecester against a dept crisis and the government raiseing taxes to try to collect the money -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was a meeting that lasted 4 montsh deciding how america was going to be governed