American Revolution

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French and Indian War

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A war involving the British vs. the French and native americans. The French lost and gave the British control over the colonies.

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Albany Plan of Union

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A plan where the colonies would be governed by one government

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Treaty of Paris 1763

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The document signed by both the french and the British that gave the British control over the colonies.

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Pontiac's War

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A war with the native americans and the British where the natives took over forts in modern day Ohio, but were regained by the British.

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Proclamation of 1763

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An imaginary line that prevented the colonists from fighting with the native americans. The colonists could not go west of this line

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Sugar Act

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A tax on molasses that was made in 1764 which caused Patriots to boycott.

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Quartering Act

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A law that stated that the colonies had to take care of British soldiers if necessary.

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Stamp Act

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A tax on things that required a stamp such as legal documents and playing cards which was made in 1765.

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Townshend Acts

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A tax on everyday items such as glass, paint, led, ink, paper, and tea made on July 2nd, 1767 and repealed in March 1770.

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Writ of Assistance

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law that stated that custom house officers can search any house for smuggled goods without specifying either the house or the goods.

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Boston Massacre

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On March 5, 1770, the colonists threw snow balls, chunks of ice, and oyster shells at the British soldiers. Thinking someone had told them to shoot, they fired into the crowd of angry patriots.

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Tea Act

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A 3 cent tax on molasses and the remains of the Townshend Acts. Led to the Boston Tea Party.

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Boston Tea Party

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The colonists were so angry about the East India Trading Company selling them tea directly, they dressed as native americans and dumped crates of tea into the Boston harbor .

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Intolerable Acts

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A four-act punishment for the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Acts, Imperial Administration of Justice Act, and Boston Port Act.

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First Continental Congress

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Representatives from 12 colonies gathered (No Georgia). They decided to back/support MA. Led to boycott goods and stopped exporting goods to Britain. Later Set up a militia in each colony

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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Occurred on April 15, 1775. The battle started after “The Shot Heard Around the World”. Met 1st in Lexington where the colonists retreat and 5 colonists died. Met in Concord where British began to retreat, but colonists took aim. Fighting ended any hope for peace and the war had begun.

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King George III

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King of Britain during the American Revolution.

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George Grenville

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A British politician who started and was responsible for the sugar act and the stamp act.

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Captain Thomas Preston

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A British officer who was put on trial for supposedly being the one who told the soldiers to fire into the crowd during the Boston Massacre.

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Charles Townshend

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A British secretary who convinced the British leaders that they can indeed tax the colonies. The Townshend Acts were then created and named after him.