Treaties or Proclamations
A 1783 treaty that recognized the United States as an independent nation.
Treaty of Paris 1783
A series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
Intolerable Acts 1774
to refuse to buy certain goods or services
Boycott
complaints
Grievances
Proposed by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies
Albany Plan of Union
A law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
laws that let the British East India Company bypass the tea merchants and sell directly to colonists
Tea Act 1773
An army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
Militia
Colonists who remained loyal to Britain.
Loyalists
a meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in 1774
First Continental Congress 1774
Introduction to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution.
Preamble
laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea
Townshend Acts 1767
to cancel
repeal
Colonists who favored war against England.
Patriot
A formal written document
writ
a 1776 document stating that the 13 colonies were a free and independent nation.
Declaration of Independence
law that placed new duties on legal documents, and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards
Stamp Act 1765
colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute’s notice
Minutemen
A conflict that occurred in 1770 in which five colonists were killed by British troops
Boston Massacre
1775 meeting of delegates from the colonies who met and took charge of the war effort.
Second Continental Congress
An agreement between Britain and France that ended the French and Indian War in 1763
Treaty of Paris 1763
a 1776 essay written by Thomas Paine urging colonists to declare independence.
Common Sense
formal written request to someone in authority that is signed by a group of people
petition
a 1754 to 1763 war that led to the end of French power in North America
French and Indian War
peace petition sent to King George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Olive Branch Petition