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French Indian War Ends
There was war debt to be paid off. It became a expensive drain. -
Stamp Act
Was a tax on all paper goods such as stamps cards and paper -
Stamp Act Congress
A group of set representatives met in new your city to discuss rights as British subjects. declaring only legislators had power to tax them. -
Stamp Act Repeal
From all the pressure from the colonies, Britain ultimately decided to repeal the stamp act. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament passed the declaratory act stating that it had all power to make laws that were strong enough to keep he people in the colonies under great britans control. -
Townshend Acts
This act allowed taxes on British imports and goods shiped from other countries. -
Boston Massacre
Tensions were high British solders were guarding Boston customs house where taxes were collected, an angry mob began throwing rocks and snowballs shots were fired killing 5 colonists. -
Townshend Acts Repealed
Britain repealed the act but the tax on tea remained. -
Tea Act
Parliament passed the tea act allowing only the British east India company to sell tea in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty were desqised and got on the ships that had tea and dumped all the tea over board. -
Coercive Act
This is know as the intolerable act. Boston harbor would be closed until the destroyed tea was paid for. -
First Continental Congress
The colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia to talk about there unfair. independence is in the air. -
Revolutionary War Starts
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence. -
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. -
Decoration of independence signed
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to explain to the whole world why the thirteen British colonies were seeking to start their own country.
