| A | B |
|---|
| French and Indian War | territorial dispute between the French and the British in the Ohio River Valley. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | attacks on English settlements and forts by Indians in the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Sugar Act | stem the flow of trade between the colonies and foriegn nations othern than England |
| Stamp Act | placed on the colonies by Parliament in order to help pay off the debt of the French and Indian War |
| Townshend Acts | repel of the Stamp Act |
| Boston Massacre | the placement of British troops in the colonies |
| Boston Tea Party | the price of tea was reduced, but a small tax was added by Parliament |
| Intolerable Acts | Bostonians refused to pay for the damages the goods they destroyed |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | British desire to capture colonial stockpiles of arms and munitions |
| Olive Branch Petition | colonial desire to find a peaceful resolution to disputes with King |
| Thomas Paines' Common Sense | written to gain colonial support for independence |
