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Period: 1560 to
Middle Passage
The Middle passage took place from 1560 to 1850. It was apart of the Triangular trade route and it was the passage that took enslaved people from Africa across the Atlantic ocean to the New World. It is important because the middle passage is the route that slaves were transported to the Americas on. -
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The Great Awakening
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Stamp Act of 1765
On March 22 1765 British Parliament passed the stamp act without the approval of the colonial legislature. The stamp act put a tax on different forms of papers, documents and playing cards -
Boston Massacre
the Boston massacre was a confrontation in Boston where seven British soldiers shot into a crowd of "patriots" killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. It was important because it helped motivate the colonies to stand up againts the mother country