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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian War began that began 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to the American Revolution. England owed debt, which forced colonist to pay -
Declaratory Act 1765
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. clonist follow law -
stamp act 1765
tax on paper -
Townshend Acts 1767
tax on goods like metal, lead, etc -
Boston Massacre March 5 1770
colonist shot by british soldier. known as bloody massacre. -
Boston Tea Party 1773
colonist toss tea off of the british ships. to protest -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts) 1773
a series of few(four) laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. basically colonist punished -
Quartering Act 1774
forces people to quarter british soldiers -
Battle of Lexington & Concord 1775
shot heard round the world.marked the start of the American War of Independence -
Second Continental Congress May 1775
to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts. basically meet to change law -
Common Sense 1776
wrote by thomas Paine about england rule -
Declaration of Independence 1776
of freedom.. the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. colonist are free