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French and Indian war
he French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1754–1763. -
Sugar and molasses Act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act, It was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Patrick Henry "If this be treason"
In the spring of 1765, the recently enacted Stamp Act was the prime topic of political conversation in the American colonies. -
Townshend Acts
On this fateful day in 1770, the British government moves to mollify outraged colonists by repealing most of the clauses of the hated Townshend Act. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under intense attack by a mob. -
The Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.