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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Year War between Great Britain and France -
Sugar Act
Taxing sugar to raise revenue to help the military costs of protecting the American colonies -
Stamp Act
The British parliament had colonists pay a tax for British troops -
Declaratory Act
Said that the Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies in all cases -
Townshend Revenue Act
British parliament taxed goods like tea, sugar, etc, imported to the American colonies -
Boston Massacre
A mob began harassing soldiers. Then a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and shot his gun. Eventually it gets even worse and the soldiers end up killing a couple people. -
Burning of the Gaspee
Rhode Islanders boarded, burnt, and sank the Gaspee in Narragansett Bay -
Tea Act
British government gave the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies -
Intolerable Acts
4 laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
Continental Congress
delegates meet to organise opposition to the Intolerable Acts -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British went to Lexington and Concord to stop the possibility of rebellion by taking weapons from the colonists. But their actions accidentally made the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The statement the declared freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britain