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French and indian war ends
for nine years from 1754-1763 britain paid a large amount of money to keep colonies safe and happy by fighting a war with france over control of the land in the ohio river valley -
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. -
stamp act congress
was the first gathering of representatives from several American colonies to devise a unified protest against British taxation. -
declaratory act passed
Parliament then agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act -
townshend acts passed
, series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly -
boston massacre
Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
townshed acts repealed
products shipped from other countries such as glass ,tea, lead ,paint -
tea act
allowing only the british east india company to sell tea in the colonies -
boston tea party
the Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
first continental congress
fighting a Native American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies -
coercive acts passed
The British Parliament in 1774. Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the -
revolutionary war begins
The Revolutionary War began with the confrontation between British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts -
second continental
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting -
stamp act repealed
asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies -
declaration of independence signed
this document officially stated that the 13 colonies were cutting ties with the great britain
