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Albany Congress
Benjamin Franklin called for the British colonies to unite expecting a war with France in North America. -
Seven Years' War ( French and Indian war)
war started -
French and Indian War
The British defeated the French and took Canada. France was no longer a threat to the English colonies -
Proclamation of 1763
The British prohibited the colonists from settling west of Appalachian Moutains. -
Stamp Acts
Parliament passed a tax on colonial newspapers, pamphlets, books, legal documents, and even dice and playing cards. -
Stamp Act Congress
A special meeting was called to preotest the British tax. A group known as the Sons of Liberty was formed to resist British policy. -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. -
The Declaratory Act
On the same day that Parliament removed the Stamp Act it passed a Declaratory Act stating that it had power to pass any laws governing the American colonies
