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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war fought by the British, French, and Native Americans throughout the Ohio River Valley from 1754 to 1763. It was fought due to the fact that the British were trying to take land owned by the French. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
The Proclamation line of 1763 was issued by the British in 1763 and it gave the Native Americans land west of the Appalachian Mountains that colonists were forbidden to colonize in. The Proclamation line of 1763 was issued in order to prevent more Native American revolts after the one led by Pontiac. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed by British Parliament on April 4, 1764 and required the thirteen colonies to pay a tax on sugar and molasses. It was passed in order to decrease the debt of England and to regulate trade. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act was a law that prohibited the issue of new currency and the reissue of existing currency in the thirteen colonies that was passed by British Parliament on September 1, 1764. It was passed in order to decrease the debt of England and control the printing of money. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament on March 22, 1765 and required the thirteen colonies to pay a tax on papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, playing cards, and other documents. It was passed in order to decrease the debt of England and assert British authority -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was passed by British Parliament on March 24, 1765 and it required the colonists to house British soldiers. This was done to decrease the debt of England. -
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Sons and Daughters of Liberty were secret clubs formed by colonists within the thirteen colonies in 1765 in order to respond and boycott British acts. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was a group of colonists from all thirteen colonies that meet in New York in 1765 to convey their opposition of the Sugar Act and Stamp Act to the British Parliament. -
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Non-importation Resolutions
The Non-importation Resolutions were a group of 34 manuscripts that the colonists used as attempts to force Britain to recognize the colonies’ political rights by boycotting English goods within the colonies from 1765-1775. -
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Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts that propose taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea in the colonies. It was passed by British Parliament in 1767 in order to decrease England’s debt -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a shooting massacre between the colonists and British soldiers that took place in Boston on March 5, 1770. It happened because the colonists were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were governments created as early as 1772 by colonists in order to oppose British policy. These were formed throughout the colonies. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act of 1773 was an act passed by British Parliament that taxed tea in the colonies in order to bail out the East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an event where a group of Massachusetts colonists dressed up like Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor in protest of the Tea Act. This took place in Boston on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts were a series of acts passed by British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colonists after the Boston Tea Party. These acts closed the Boston harbor to trade, banned town meetings, and General Gage was appointed governor of Massachusetts. -
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting held at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia on September 5 to October 26, 1774 to respond to the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts. The meeting was attended by delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress was a meeting held in Philadelphia in May of 1775 to find a way to meet the British military threat. The meeting was attended by delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. -
Decleration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the official document that 55 delegates from all of the colonies signed in order to declare independence from Britain on July 4, 1776. The document was written by Thomas Jefferson.