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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War in North America -
Proclamation of 1763
forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act is passed
The Sugar Act lowered the import tax on foreign molasses in an attempt to deter smuggling, and placed a heavy tax on Madeira wine, which had traditionally been duty-free -
Stamp Act is passed
To be enacted on November 1, 1765, the Stamp Act required all colonists to purchase watermarked, taxed paper for use in newspapers and legal documents -
Stamp act is repealed
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act due to colonial resistence -
Troops start to land in Boston
Britain sent troops to occupy the city in the final months of 1768 -
Boston Massacre
Troops in Boston squared off with a crowd of sailors led by Crispus Attucks. When the crowd knocked one soldier to the ground, the soldiers fired and killed 5 men -
parliament passes the tea act
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Burning of Gaspee
In an act of open defiance against British rule, more than one hundred Rhode Island colonists burn the corrupt customs ship Gaspee to the waterline after it runs aground near Providence -
Boston Tea Party
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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British retake Ft. Ticonderoga
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Treaty of Paris ends the American revolution
