unalienable rights - life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, First Continental Congress - delegates from 12 colonies went to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts, French and Indian War - War fought between England and France over the Ohio Valley area. It caused England to raise taxes on colonies to pay for it. , Intolerable Acts - laws passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British, Proclamation of 1763 - law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains, Stamp Act - law that taxed printed goods, Sugar Act - taxed molasses and sugar imported by the colonies, Tea Act - eliminated tariffs on tea grown in the colonies and sold to England. Led to the Boston Tea Party, Treaty of Paris 1783 - Ended the Revolutionary War, tariff/duty/tax - government tax on imports and exports, grievances - formal complaints, Battle of Saratoga - Turning point in American Revolution - convinced the French to give America military support, Battle of Yorktown - Last battle of the American Revolution - forced the British to surrender,

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