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George Washington is born
America's first president was born -
Seven Years War begins
A world war that took place between 1754-1763; main conflict took place between 1756- 1763 -
King George III crowned
King George III was pronounded King of Great Britian and Ireland -
Sugar Act
Was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764 -
Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp -
Quartering Act
Parliament enacted them to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations -
Boston Massacare
Known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others -
Tea Act
This was supposed to convince the colonists to purchase Companuy tea on which the Townshend duties were paid, thus implicitly agreeing to accept Parliament's right of taxation -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies -
Intolerable Acts
Was the Pariot name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
Was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall early in the American Revolution -
Edenton Tea Party
Was a political protest in Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1773 -
Second Continental Congress
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British Evacuate Boston
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Declaration of Independence
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Events we need
DUTIES OF 1767
EDENTON TEA PARTY
HALIFAX RESOLVES
MECKLENBERG RESOLVES