Acts
A law passed in 1764 which limited the use of colonial paper money
The Currency Act
Conflict in which Britain and France fought with support from various Native American tribes
The French and Indian War
Announced the colonies’ official break from England, making the United States a country in its own right
The Deceleration of Independence
King of Great Britain and Ireland who reigned from 1760 to 1820
King George III
Resulted in closure of the Harbor, the colonial charter of Massachusetts being revoked, and the Quartering Act
The Boston Tea Party
A colonial term for a number of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament
The Intolerable Acts
The final battle of the Northwest Indian War leading to the Treaty of Greenville
The Battle of Fallen Timbers
Treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War
The Treaty of Paris(1783)
Led the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and penned the Massachusetts Circular Letter in 1768
Samuel Adams
A crowd of Bostonians harassed the British troops guarding a local customs house, the guards fired upon the crowd, killing five and wounding six protesters
The Boston Massacre
A revenue plan passed by Parliament in 1767 that imposed harsher taxes on the purveyors of imported goods
The Townshend Acts
A 1795 treaty where 12 American Indian tribes ceded vast areas of the Old Northwest to the federal government
The Treaty of Greenville
A statement by the Continental Congress that reasserted colonial loyalty to the King
The Olive Branch Petition
Known as the “Father of the Constitution” for his role in drafting it and the Bill of Rights and his contribution to the Federalist Papers. Co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party
James Madison
Insurrection in Massachusetts over oppressive taxes and debt collectors
Shays' Rebellion
A meeting of representatives of nine of the Thirteen Colonies which determined that only colonial legislatures had the authority to tax colonists
The Stamp Act Congress
A collection of American Indian tribes attempting to resist the expansion of the U.S. into the Old Northwest territory
The Miami Confederacy
An assembly of delegates from across the Thirteen colonies that passed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation
The Second Continental Congress
Famously made an official motion calling for the colonies to declare independence
Richard Henry Lee
An early test of the American government’s power under the new Constitution based on the Federalist government’s excise tax imposed on distilled liquors
Whiskey Rebellion
1766, Replaced the Stamp Act, maintained the right of the crown to tax the colonies
The Declaratory Act
War chief of the Miami Confederacy during the Northwest Indian War
Little Turtle
A pamphlet written and published in January 1776 by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Massachusetts farmer and Revolutionary War veteran, led a short-lived populist uprising that demanded tax and debt relief
Daniel Shays
An umbrella term for two battles fought 18 days apart in Autumn 1777. British forces under General Burgoyne attacked U.S. forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. American victory
The Battle of Saratoga