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French Indian War
A war fought over the Ohio River Valley territory between the French who allied with the Indians and the British who allied with some Indians.And the war ended with a British victory with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Sugar Act
A law that raised the taxes on non-British sugar with the purpose of giving British Sugar Farmers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. -
Patrick Henry's Speech
A speech that was given by Patrick HParliamentse House of Burgesses that criticized the Stamp Act and called in question Parliaments authority to tax the colonists, -
The Stamp Act
It was the first direct tax the British placed on the colonists that required every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document to have a British stamp on it which costed money. -
Townshend Acts
A series of laws that passed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea so that the British could pay there governors and Judges. -
Boston Massacre
A Shooting of five American colonists by British troops in Boston on March 5, 1770.It resulted in colonist having a deeper resentment of the British. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.This resulted in the blockade of Boston harbor which was intended as a punishment towards the colonist. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from 12 colonies met in secret in order to discuss how they could resist Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
It was the first battle of the Revolutionary War that took place in Massachusetts.And in this, battle a ragtag army of colonists defeats 700 British soldiers in a surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
The Treaty of Paris
A treaty signed between the Colonist and Great Britain that ended the Revolutionary War and granted the 13 colonies there independence from Britain.
