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French and Indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian war A.K.A the 7 years war, was a war between France and England. because of the French and indian war, England was in debt., so England taxed the people in the 13 colonies. -
Declaratory Act 1765
Passed by Parliament, stating that Parliment could make law binding the americans "what so ever" -
Stamp Act 1765
A tax on anything on paper. -
Townshend Acts 1767
helped pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, which imposed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston Massacre March 5 1770
began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. (over dramatic) -
Boston Tea Party 1773
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts) 1773
The Coercive A.K.A Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
Quartering Act 1774
Forced American people to house british soldiers -
Battle of Lexington & Concord 1775
the famous 'shot heard 'round the world', marked the start of the American Revolution -
Second Continental Congress May 1775
to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal -
Common Sense 1776
a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775 -
Declaration of Independence 1776
summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.