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End of French and Indian War
The French and Indian war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris -
The Sugar Act
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The Stamp Act
The act required that many printed things in the colonies be produced on special stamped paper made in London, carrying a revenue stamp. -
Declaration of Rights, Stamp act Congress
These were used to try to persuade the colonists to help pay the great war debts of the French and Indian War -
The Townshend Acts
a series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts Included: the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, the New York Restraining Act, and more. -
The Boston Massacre
3 people were killed, 8 wounded, 2 mortally. Paul Revere had learned of Henry Pelham and how he was making an engraving of the scene. Paul also made an engraving which came out before Henry's. -
The Tea Act
The act granted the British East India Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain to North America. -
The Boston tea Party
After officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable acts/Coercive acts
a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies and were important to the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts /Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament. -
Common Sense, Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine published this book to send a message to the colonists. It said that it was time to separate from Britain -
Signing of the Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independance was signed
