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Seven Years War Begins
1756-1763; causes British Empire to be deep in debt. -
Stamp Act Passed by British Government
Taxes American colonists on all printed paper. -
Stamp Act Repealed
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Townshend Acts
Imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into colonies. -
Townshend Acts Repealed, Except Tax on Tea
Tea continues to be taxed -
Tea Act Passed
Tax on tea lowered to boost British East India Company -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty boarded 3 British ships in Boston Harbor and threw the cargo of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Acts Passed
Meant to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Shot heard Around the World, Revolution in Full Swing
British gather in Lexington, shot rings out causing skirmish between British and Colonists.