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Navigation Acts
series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships -
French and Indian War
French fought the British with the colonies -
Stamp Act
act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Proclamation of 1763
by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Boston Massacre
street fight that occurred between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign. -
Boston Tea Party
political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Intolerable Acts
term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
1st Continental Congress
meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence
