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Navigation Acts
This and subsequent trade laws prevented colonists from selling their most valuable products to any country except Britain. -
French and Indian War
When the French enlisted numerous Native American tribes to fight on their side, war erupted between the natives and the French. -
Stamp Act
Colonist had to pat a tax to have an official stamp put on wills, deeds, newspapers, and other printed materials. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
Protested the treatment of Boston -
Battle of Lexington
British soldiers and American militia-men exchanged fire on the village green in Lexington, Massachusetts. -
second continental congress and Declaration of Independance
Voted to raise an army and organize for battle under the command of a Virginian named George Washington. Published Declaration of Independance which was a firm belief in the ideas on John Locke and the Enlightenment.