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french and Indian war
pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. -
stamp act passed
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
stamp act congress
was the first gathering of representatives from several American colonies to devise a unified protest against British taxation. -
stamp act repealed
After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766. However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies -
declaratory act passed
by the British parliament to affirm its power to legislate for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”. The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies. -
Townshend act passed
were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
boston massacre
which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
townshend act repealed
The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. Pressure from British merchants was partially responsible for the change. The British government, led by Prime Minister Lord North, maintained the taxes on tea, in order to underscore the supremacy of parliament.1770 -
tea act passed
granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. ... Along with tea, the Townshend Revenue Act also taxed glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper. -
Boston tea party
was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
coercive act passed
passed by the British Parliament in 1774, relating to Britain's colonies in North America. Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, the Coercive Acts sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies. -
fist continental congress
which was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
revolutionary war begins
with the confrontation between British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on 19 April 1775. -
second continental congress
was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
declaration of independence signed
the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
