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French and Indian War Ends
Great Britain and France fought over who was going to colonize North America. Ended with the Treaty of Paris -
Stamp Act Congress
In October: reps. met to discuss the colonists' rights as British subjects, declaring that only their colonial legislatures had the power to tax them -
Stamp Act Passed
a new tax that required a stamp for all printed items. it was the beginning of "taxation without representation" -
Stamp Act Repealed
because of the Sons of Liberty, there were o longer any stamp commissioners left in the colonies so Britain repealed the act -
Declaratory Act Passed
said that Parliament had the power to make laws strong enough to keep even the people in the colonies under Britain's rule -
Townshend Acts Passed
taxed British imports -
Boston Massacre
an angry mob broke out where British soldiers were guarding the place where taxes were collected (5 colonists died) -
Townshend Acts Repealed
tax on tea remained, but the Act was repealed -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped the cargo of tea into the Boston harbor as a rebellion -
Tea Act Passed
only the British East Indian Company could sell tea in the colonies -
Coercive Acts Passed
the Boston Harbor would be closed until the destroyed tea was paid for and this economically hurt merchants and people who relied on trade conducted there -
First Continental Congress
colonists believed their rights were being violated so they met up to discuss what to do about their possible independence -
Revolutionary War Begins
small battles between the colonists and the British soldiers over american independence -
Second Continental Congress
delegates signed the Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence Signed
the list of grievances that the colonists had with British rule and it severed their ties with them
