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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in history. Is a charter agreed by King John, who was forced to sign it by the Barons with the purpose of having much power. -
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French and Indian war
The French and Indian War marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a British Law that was designed to raise revenue from the American colonists in the 13 Colonies. The Act set a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. It is called the "Tea Party" because 342 chests of tea were dump into the water. -
The Intolerable Acts
The series of acts British Parliament passed in 1774 in reaction to the Boston Tea Party came to be known in the American colonies as the Intolerable Acts. This happened during this year without an exact month or day. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
