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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was fought between the Britsh colonies in North America and New France. There where military units on both sides. The war was fought in North America. The British colonies later won the war. -
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How the thirteen colonies became the United States of America
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a three-cent tax on refined suar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certin kinds of wines. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first direct tax imposed on the Britsh colonies in North America. The tax was to help finance the British troops in the colonies. -
Townshed Acts
The Townshed Acts was a series of acts passed by the parliment of Great Britian relating to the British colonies in North America. The tax was placed on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacure started when a group of nine British soilders opened fired on a crowd of people. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party happened when a group of 70 men boarded on to three Britsh ships in the Boston harbor and threw their tea corgo in the sea because they where so outraged at the King for the price of tea. -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was desinged to secure Great Britains jurisdictions over there American dominions. -
Passage of the Intolerable Acts
The Passage of the Intolerable Acts were the terms for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliment after the Boston Tea Party. These laws where meant to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of saratoga
The battles where the turning point of the American Revolution and encourged France to openly support the Americas aganist Britian. -
Signature of the Treaty of Paris
The British Empire accepted defeat aganist its former colonies and reconized indepence of the United States of America.
