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Albany Plan for the Union
Ben Franklin
Plan to create a unified government for the 13 colonies. -
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French and Indian War
War provided Britain with enormous territorial gains but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying for the wars expenses led to colonial discontent -
Proclamation of 1763
Told settlers that they couldn’t settle past the Appalachian Mountains to reduce the conflict between the Native Americans. -
Quartering Act
Two laws passed by British Parliament that forced local colonial government to provide provisions and housing to British soldiers stationed in the 13 Colonies -
Stamp Act
Made money from the 13 colonies by putting a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Declaratory Act
Stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain -
Townshend Acts
Raise money to help pay the cost of maintaining an army in North America by taxing imported goods -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed 5 people while under attack by a mob -
Tea Act
The objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company to help the struggling company survive -
Boston Tea Party
Political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty against the taxes on tea imposed by the British Parliament “No Taxation without Representation!” -
Intolerable Acts
Series of punitive laws that British Parliament passed after The Boston Tea Party -
1st Continental Congress
Organize colonial resistance against Britain -
2nd Continental Congress
Create a continental army -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
They were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Olive Branch Petition
13 Colonies asked for peace with Great Britain -
Declaration of Independence
Explaining to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
Advocate independence from Britain -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among the 13 colonies of the United States that served as the first constitution -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolutionary War