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Sugar Act passed
This put a three cent tax on foreign refined sugar. -
Stamp act passed
This granted and applied certain stamp duties, and other duties in Birtish colonies and plantations in America. -
The Tea Act was passed
This law gave the East India Company the sole right to sell tea to the colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists attempted to prevent the unloading of a cargo of tea that arrived in the Boston Harbor. The protesters then ripped open 342 chests of tea and dumped them into the harbor. In response, the British closed the harbor to all trade. -
"High tea in Boston Harbor" published
High tea in boston harborBritish Troopds Sent to massachusetts. Band of "Mohawks" dumps 342 chests of Darjeeling off Griffin's Wharf. FRANKLIN in LONDON feels the SPITE; ROOTS OF CONFLICT -
Start of the Revolutionary war
On this day, fighting broke out between Great Britian and the American colonies. On that day, British troops marched to the towns of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Their army was supposed to capture hiddden guns and suplies by surprise, but warnings were let out to the Americans. The Americans then firedon the British and forced them back to Boston. This was the beginning of th Revolutionary War. -
End of the Revolutionary War
