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Minutemen formed
They were able to protect their community within just a minute. -
first Navigation Acts passsed
Colonist were only able to trade with England. -
Boston Newsletter first published
John Campbell started the newsletter to tell colonies about the Boston Tea party. -
King George the third crowned
He signed the Treaty of Paris which gained America independence. -
Great Awakening
It was a period of when people thought with reason -
French and Indian War begins
Began disputes over subsequent frontier policies and paying war expenses led to colonial discontent. -
Albany Plan of Union created
To place British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Proclamation of 1763 passed
It forbaded colonial settlement west of the appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act passed
Used to try and gain control over the colonies. -
Molasses Act passed
Imposed tax on imports of molasses from non-british colonies -
Currency Act passed
Brought economic depession which fueled discontent on the American revolt against the British. -
Stamp Act passed
Required all American colonist to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act passed
Colonist was forced to let British troops into their homes. -
Sons of Liberty formed
Was a rebellious group against the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act Congress meets
All colonies met together to prepare a unified protest of the Stamp Act to Britain. -
Declaratory Acts passed
It accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act and stated that taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Writs of Assistance passed
Documents search warrants to assist the British government in enforcing smuggling provisions. -
Townshend Acts passed
Townshends Acts hoped it would defray imperial expenses in the colonies, but many Americans say it as an abuse of power. -
Colonist begin boycotting British goods
Colonist were fighting British taxes. -
Boston Massacre
It is considered to be the first battle of the Revolutionary War -
Intolerable Acts passed
repealed all taxes, except on tea -
Committees of Correspondence sends first Circular letter
It attacked Parliaments persistence in taxing the colonies without proper representatives. -
Tea Act
Was to raise revenue from the colonies and to bail out the floundering East India Company, which was a key factor in British economy. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and many others dressed as indians and threw 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor to boost trouble for the British East India Company. -
Closing of all American ports
Wanted Boston to pay for tea dumped into the boston harbor -
Quebec Act passed
Wanted to get permanent control of Canada. -
First Continental Congress meets
Served as government of the thirteen colonies. -
Suffolk Resolves issued
Rejected the Massachusetts Government Act and resolved on boycott of imported goods. -
'Give me libery or give me death' spoken
Famous becasue Virginai joined in the American Revolution -
British attack on Concord
British quickly retreated after under intense fire -
Second Continetal Congress begins
Took great heights for Americas independence ans ratified the first national constitution. -
Olive Branch Petition signed
Attempt to asset rights to colonists while maintaining loyalty to the crown. -
Common Sense published
The pamplet caused a revolution in a way people thought. -
Declaration of Independence signed
It led to independence from Great Britain -
British hire Hessians to fight against Americans
They were hired because they were mercanaries and hated by Americans. -
Letters From an American Farmer published
