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American Revolution
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Proclamation 1763
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. -
sugar act 1764
To limit the most of the colonist sugar -
Stamp Act 1765
the British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. -
Boston Massacre 1770
he Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party 1773
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
Tea Act 1773
On April 27, 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade. -
Intolerable Act 1774
In the spring of 1774, the British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, which quickly became known in the North American colonies as the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were aimed at isolating Boston, the seat of the most radical anti-British sentiment, from the other colonies. -
Battle of Lexington And Concord 1775
The end of the war. -
Olive Branch Petition 1776
To resemble peace.