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French and Indian War
The Frnch and Indian War was the first event that kicked off a series of events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a British tax on sugar imports into Britian. -
The Stamp Act
The act that put a tax on a certain stamp and other duties. -
The Quartering Act
Act passed that allowed quartering of military troops in any citizens house. -
The Boston Massacre
A riot due to the presence of British troops in the city of Boston. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was a British law that put a tax or tariff on tea imports into the colonies. The colonists extremely disliked the Tea Act. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists were angry about the Tea Act and rebelled by dumping tea from the British ships into Pearl Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
Acts by the British against the colonies that colonists described as Intolerable. -
Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or give me Death." speech.
The speech Patrick Henry made endorsing the need for the US to be free of European control.
