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Navigation Acts
This was the act that prevented colonists from selling their most valuable goods to anyone but Britain. The colonists also had to pay higher taxes on imports on French and Dutch goods. -
Period: to
American Revolution
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French & Indian Wars
The war between the French and American colonists in north America. The colonists became victorious. -
Stamp Act
The act that all of the colonists goods must have a stamp that was taxed. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists dumped a large amount of British tea into the Boston Harbor in rebelion of the unfair taxes. -
First Continental Congress
A gathering of representatives from every colony except for Georgia who protested the treatment of Britain. -
Battle of Lexington
British and Americans fought in Lexington, Mass. Which even spread to nearby Concord. -
Second Continental Congress & Declaration of Independence
The colonists had decieded to join together and fight against the British. The Declaration stated how all men are created equally.
