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Navigation Acts
Was put in place to promote self-sufficiency and decreasing dependence on foreign goods. -
French and Indian War Ends
France and Britain where fighting over land and waterways, and it ended with the Treaty of Paris. -
Stamp Act
The British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight between colonists and British troops. Where the British troops shot several colonists. -
Tea Act
The right for Britain to ship its tea to the colonies without landing in England first. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists dumped 342 chest of tea in the harbor. After being frustrated with new taxation. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
An act to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America’s future. -
Lexington and Concord
First battle of the revolutionary war fought in Massachusetts. -
Second Continental Congress
The Congress was preparing for war. -
Declaration of Independence is Adopted
In the Pennsylvania State House the Declaration was signed. -
Battle of Saratoga
It marked the turning point in the war. -
Winter at the Valley Forge
George Washington moved his troops to The Valley of the Forge, and it was dreadful. -
Battle of Yorktown
This is where the Britain surrendered to the joint Franco-American army. -
Constitution Written
The constitution was written in Philadelphia, Pa. -
Constitution adopted
The constitution was adopted in Philadelphia, Pa.