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1st event End of French and Indian War (1763)
The French and Indian War ended -
The Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp Acts 1764-1765
Britain started taxing the colonist. The Sugar act was when Britain raised taxes on trade items. The Quartering act required housing and supplies for the British troops. The Stamp act put tax on almost all printed material -
Taxation without Representation
When the colonist started getting taxed they didnt have any representation in the British parliament and that angered them. -
Enlightenment Ideas
The colonies protest came to the attention Europe's leading liberal writers, they spoke about how people have natural rights. So a Virginia man named Patrick Henry made a document called the Virginia Resolves, he argued that the colonial assemblies should only have the right to tax colonist -
Patriot Leaders Emerge
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Leaders Organize a Boycott
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Violence Erupts in Boston
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The Boston Tea Party
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The Intolerable Acts
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The Colonist Take Action
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
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The Second Continental Congress
