| A | B |
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| Magna Carta | Limited the power of the King- 1215 |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement - 1607 |
| House of Burgesses | First representative assembly in North America |
| Mayflower Compact | Rules established by Pilgrims, organizing self-government at Plymouth |
| Navigation Acts | Series of laws passed by England to regulate colonists' trade, so England would make $$$ |
| Great Awakening | Religious movement in the colonies |
| French and Indian War | The French and Indian War was a war that lasted seven years between Great Britain and France for control over the land in North America. Ended in 1763 |
| Treaty of Paris | Officially ends This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War and was signed on September 3, 1783. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Colonists forbidden by England to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Sugar Act | 1764 - Tax on molasses. One of many acts that angered colonists and led to the Revolution. |
| Stamp Act | 1765 - Tax on legal documents, newspapers, licesnese, diplomas, playing cards, etc. |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 - Key symbolic act of rebellion |
| Tea Act | 1773 - Tax on tea, led to Boston Tea Party |
| Intolerable Acts | 1774 - Britain punishes colonists severely for the Boston Tea Party |
| Quartering Act | One part of the Intolerable acts 1774 -British soldiers could stay in colonists' homes |
| First Continental Congress | 1774 - First meeting of the 13 colonies |
| Treaty of Paris | Recognized U.S. as a nation, officially ended the Revolutionary War - 1783 |
| Revolutionary War ends | Battle of Yorktown |
| Shot Heard 'Round The World | 1775 - Lexington/Concord, beginning of Revolutionary War |
| Boston Massacre | 1770 - First civilians killed by British soldiers |
| Townshend Acts | 1767 - The Townshend Acts called for new import taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. In March, 1770, the Townshend Acts were repealed except for the tax on tea. |
