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Start of the French & Indian War
The French & Indian war began on this day and would come to last 7 years. Outside the U.S, it's known as the 7 Years War. -
End of the French & Indian War
The French & Indian war, or 7 Years War, finally comes to an end. -
Stamp Act
Laws passed by Britain that required that all printed materials be done on stamped paper. -
Townshend Act
Laws created by Britain that took away some American freedoms and placed taxes on preexisting trade items. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people in Boston while being harassed. -
Tea Act
An act that placed a high tax on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
A revolt by the Americans against the high tax on tea -
Intolerable Acts
Laws placed mostly for the purpose of punishing those who revolted in the Boston Tea Party to show how much power Britain held over the Americans. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The first military engagements of the Revolutionary War -
First and Second Continental Congress
Delegates of the congresses net for years after the first and second until 1781. -
Publication of the Common Sense
The author wrote about moral standards
