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French and Indian War
This is also know as the Seven Year War. This ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Sugar Act
This was part of the Molasses Act. Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act. -
Quartering Act
Colonists had to house and feed the British soldiers. They People who had a house the had give their better room to the soldiers and have to take care of them. -
Boston Massacre
The troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. Several colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
This was a passed by the parliament. This is also when they put taxes on the tea so they could get more money for tea and everything else they wanted -
Boston tea Party
This is when Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty bored three ships and dumped 342 of tea over board. -
Boston Port Act
This was designed to punish the inhabitants of Boston. This was a punishment for dumping the tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Thomas Paine Writes Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. Parliament first law was to raise taxes from the colonies. It had to pass the Parliament to raise the revenue.
