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First continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
French and Indian war ends
Britain paid a large amount of money to keep the colonies safe and happy by fighting a war with France over control of the land in the ohio river valley. -
Stamp act congress
The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting held in New York, New York, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America. -
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. -
Declaratory act passed
It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Stamp Act Repealed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. -
Townshend act passed
The Townshend Acts 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 -
Townshend act repealed
In 1770 the British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. More importantly, the British government wished to maintain the principal that their parliament had the right to tax the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was about British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Tea act passed
The passing of the Tea Act imposed no new taxes on the American colonies. The tax on tea had existed since the passing of the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act. -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
Coercive acts passed
The Coercive Acts describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, relating to Britain's colonies in North America. the Coercive Acts sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies. -
Second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Revolutionary war begin
Revolutionary war was also known as the American War of Independence. The Revolutionary War began with the confrontation between British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, -
Declaration of independence
It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.The war between the colonies and Great Britain was called the American Revolutionary War
