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Treaty of Paris of 1763
February 10, 1763 Treaty of paris is signed ending the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation of 1763
October 1763 King George III signs the proclamation of 1763 which prohibits settlement west of the Appalachians. -
stamp act
March 22, 1765 The stamp Act, the first "direct tax" on American colonies, is passed and will place a tax on all printed items -
Declaratory act
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Townshed act
June - July 1767 Parliament passes the [1] Acts which include the New York Restraining Act, Customs Service Reform, & Townshend Duty Act places tax on items not made in the colonies (paint, paper, glass, lead and tea). -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770 altogether 5 civilians were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
tea act
Tea act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company -
1st continental congress
On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia, met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
The Midnight Ride
On the night of April 18, 1775, two Sons of Liberty raced on horseback from Boston to warn residents that the British regulars were on the march toward Lexington and Concord. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd continental congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence -
intolerable acts
were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
