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Albany Conference of 1754

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The Albany Conference of 1754 (166) was a meeting that took place in Albany that was convened by the British board of trade, who wanted the colonies to consider a collective response to the continuing conflict with New France and the Indians of the interior. There was a negotiation of a settlement with the Iroquois Confederacy, who had become unhappy with colonial land grabbing. The delegates came from the New England, Middle Colonies, and the Iroquois federation. Benjamin Franklin proposed his Albany plan of Union that included 1 government for all the colonies, which ended up being similar to the current American government, but this plan was rejected.

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French and Indian War

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The French and Indian War (168) was the last of the Anglo-French colonial wars (1754-1763) and the first in which fighting began in North America. The war ended with France's defeat. Also, called 7 Years War in Europe. France fought with Indians. Thus, the name The French and Indian War. The war put Britain in a great deal of debt and decided to tax the colonists to raise revenue, which angered the colonists, who created an anti-British movement that lead to the colonies breaking free from Britain and becoming the United States of America.

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Treaty of Paris, 1763

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The Treaty of Paris, 1763 (170) was a formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain. France lost Canada, lands east of the Mississippi, and most of its empire in India. Spain received all French lands west of the Mississippi, but it gave Florida to Britain. Britain gained French lands in Canada, exclusive rights to the Caribbean slave trade, and total control of India. This not only ended the French and Indian war, but changed the different colonial empires' land.

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Royal Proclamation of 1763

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Royal Proclamation of 1763

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 (171) was a boundary approximately along the Appalachian Mountains that reserved the land west of the mountain rage for the Native American population, which created peace with Native Americans by giving them land and protecting it. American colonists opposed the Proclamation of 1763 and the British could not stop westward migration since it was not well enforced. This was one of the first American westward expansion movements that eventually lead to "Manifest Destiny" and the American expansion to the west coast.

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Stamp Act

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The Stamp Act (176) was a law passed by parliament in 1765 to raise revenue in America by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards. This affected the common folk because Britain needed to raise revenue to pay off debt from French and Indian war and to pay soldiers stationed in America. This angered the colonists and colonial protest changed from a gentry movement to a mass protest by common citizens.

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Sons of Liberty/Daughters of Liberty

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The Sons of Liberty/Daughters of Liberty were a group of men and women, respectively that encouraged moderate forms of protest. The Sons of Liberty circulated petitions, published pamphlets and encouraged crowd actions only as a last resort. The Daughters of Liberty organized spinning and weaving bees to produce homespun for local consumption. Women also boycotted certain British products that they would serve to their husbands. For the first time country people, not just city folk, were brought into the growing community of resistance through nonimportation against the British, who were angered by these movements.

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Townshend Revenue Acts

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The Townshend Revenue Acts were acts of Parliament that were passed in 1763, imposing duties on colonial tea, lead, paint, and glass. Colonists did not directly notice this tax; it was an indirect tax for consumers. The acts raised revenue for the British government. Colonists were angered by this, so the Sons of Liberty organized a boycott of British goods.

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Boston Massacre

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The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770 in Boston after colonists were throwing snowballs and rocks and taunting British soldiers in other ways, who then killed five colonists, including Crispus Attucks. This led to repeal of the Townshend Acts, except on tea by the British government, which led to some Americans, not the Sons of Liberty, backing away from their radical protests.

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Tea Act

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The Tea Act of 1773 gave the British East India Company a monopoly in the colonies for imported teas and made colonial tea cheaper. This was created to prevent the British East India Company from going bankrupt, thinking that colonists would buy duty-free teas because it was cheaper than smuggling, which would keep India in the British Empire. Colonists interpreted this as act as a subtle ploy to get them to buy taxed tea, which angered them and eventually led to protests, such as the Boston Tea Party.

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Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts (183) are the same thing. They were known as the Intolerable Acts in the colonies and Coercive Acts in Britain. They were a legislation passed by Parliament in 1774; included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774. These acts angered the colonists, which led them to form the Continental Congress, and eventually unite and rebel against Britain to become the United States of America.

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Continental Congress

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The Continental Congress (184) was a meeting of delegates from most of the colonies held in 1774 in Philadelphia in response to the Coercive/Intolerable Acts. This led to the colonies becoming more united and a resistance against the British, which eventually led to the formation of the United States of America.

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Lexington and Concord

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Gage ordered men to steal American ammunition in Concord. Boston committee dispatched Paul Revere and William Dawes to alert the militia. By the time they reached Lexington, minutemen were there. The Americas fled and were defeated at Lexington. The British marched to Concord. Many militias were present there and the Americans defeated the British were there.

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Second Continental Congress

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The Second Continental Congress was a meeting held in Philadelphia that included representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies, not Georgia. The Congress served as an informal nation government for the colonies. At the meeting, the colonists discussed issues, primarily defense. The meeting opened on May 10, 1775. On May 15, 1775, Congress resolved to put colonies in a state of defense. On June 15, 1775, George Washington was nominated to be commander-in-chief.

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Olive Branch Petition

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The Olive Branch Petition (187) was written by John Dickinson. The colonists professed their attachment to King George and begged him to prevent further hostilities so there might be an accommodation, however, the king rejected it. This document would lead to the section of the Declaration of Independence that talks about the king's tyranny against the colonies.

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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The Battle of Bunker Hill (189) was a battle in the Revolutionary War that was actually fought at Breed's Hill in Boston in 1775. The British captured Breed's Hill from the colonists, however, they suffered many casualties. This angered the British, including the king, who declined the Olive Branch Petition.

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Common Sense

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Common Sense (191) was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, who proposed to offer "simple fact, plain argument, and common sense" on the crisis with Britain. He argued that Britain used aristocracy and monarchy, which was not appropriate for America. The pamphlet reshaped popular thinking and put independence squarely on the table by convincing Americans to support colonial independence.

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Declaration of Independence

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The Declaration of Independence is the document written by Thomas Jefferson that the Second Continental Congress announced and justified its decision to break away from Britain and articulated the principles on which the new nation would be established that was signed on July 4, 1776. This document would establish the United States of America.