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French Indian War
France and Britian for fighting for control of the Ohio river valley in North Amercia. great Britain ends up winning, but they go into a massive debt. to pay it off, they start to heavily tax the colonists. This creates the first bit of tension between the colonists and the crown. -
stamp act
the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
quartering act
the province of New York Assembly passed an act to provide for the British regulars, which expired on January 1, 1764. The colonists disputed the legality of this act. -
Boston massacre
a street brawl between the Americans and the British army but it quickly escalated and three or four people got shot and one colored person die on the scene -
Boston tea party
there were tensions between the Americans and the British colonizers that had been brewing for years since the war. -
Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the declaration of independence.