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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Because of the war England owed a huge debt of money. To repay the debt England began to TAX the 13 colonies. -
Declaratory Act 1765
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act 1765
required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Townshend Acts 1767
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre March 5 1770
British soldiers fired upon a group of rowdy colonists, killing five and wounding others -
Boston Tea Party 1773
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest they dump tea in to the boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts) 1773
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quartering Act 1774
allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord 1775
In this first battle of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats -
Second Continental Congress May 1775
to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts; -
Common Sense 1776
a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence 1776
summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.