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The French adn Indian War
A war fought between the the colonies of British America and New France, where the British gained significant territory in North America. -
The Sugar Act
Taxs placed on the colonies by Great Britan, requiring people to pay for sugar, an dmolasses. -
The Stamp Act
Taxes placed on the colonies by Great Britan, requirig people to pay for paper, and stamps. -
Townshend Acts
Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
The Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers -
The Boston Tea Party
The Destruction of the Tea in Boston was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, due to the governments taxation of tea. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
The Rides of Paul Revere
Revere "alarmed" the country-side, stopping at each house, and arrived in Lexington about midnight. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Britan defeated the Americans -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
a pamphlet written that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776.
