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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. -
Declaratory Act 1765
Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act 1765
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Boston Massacre March 5 1770
British soldiers fired upon a group of rowdy colonists, killing five and wounding others. -
Quartering Act 1774
Allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts) 1773
American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775
Marked the start of the American War of Independence -
Second Continental Congress May 1775
To plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts -
Common Sense 1776
A 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence 1776
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
Townshend Acts 1767
The Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.