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French and Indian War ends
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French and Indian War ends
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Stamp Act
Tax o printed items -
Stamp act is passed
Required to pay taxes on printed items -
Declaratory Act
Parliament repeals Stamp Act but brings Declaratory Act, which taxes the colonies -
Declaratory Act
Tax on colonies -
Townshed Duties
Tax on glass, lead, paint, and tea -
Townshed Duties
Taxes on paint, tea, paper, glass, and lead -
Boston Massacre
British troops fire on colonists, which causes 5 deaths -
Parliament repeals Townshed Duties
They get rid of it except for the tax on tea -
Boston Tea Party
3 hundred chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor -
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Intolerable Acts
City has to pay for damage, or ships or prohibited to load or unload in Boston. -
First Continental Congress
Representatives from the twelve colonies had a meeting in Philadelphia -
1st Battle of the Revolutionary War
Lexington, Concord -
Coomon Sense
Book written by Thomas Paine was published. Wants American colonists to favor Indians. -
Help from France
The French sent supplies, money and military to the American colonists. -
Congress send John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Edward Rutledge
They are sent to attend a peace conference to the British, but breaks up and there is no result. -
French Troops
Many French troops come to US in result of the peace treaty. -
U.S Constitution
U.S constitution is ratified and becomes law.