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End of French and Indian war
The war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. -
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Sugar Act is passed
Was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764. The British did this because they wanted more money; the British wanted this money to help provide more security for the colonies. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act
The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act which is very unpopular in the British colonies. The persuasion of Benjamin Franklin is considered partly responsible. The Declaratory Act asserts the right of Britain to bind the colonies in all other respects. -
Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued
Massachusetts House of Representatives and sent to the other Thirteen Colonies. Refusal to revoke the letter will result in the occupation of Boston by the British Army. -
Boston Massacre
Five Americans are shot by British troops in an event that helps start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later. -
American Revolutionary War
Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence. -
Boston Tea Party
a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Port act
The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Quartering Act of 1774
The new Quartering Act similarly allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings if suitable quarters were not provided, but it did not have the provision in the previous act that soldiers be provided with provisions. -
First shots of Revolutionary war fired
In Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts Shots were fired which started the war that would free America from Britian's rule. -
Declaration of Independence
a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
