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Period: to
French and Indian War
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Beginning of F/I War
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Peace Treaty
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Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling westward -
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar and other luxuries -
Quartering Act
Colonists had to provide food and living quarters for British troops -
Stamp Act
Required stamps placed on most printed paper in the colonies -
Protesting the Stamp Act
House of Burgesses, Stamp Act Congress, Boycotts -
Declaratory Act
Repealed Stamp Act - Parliament had rights to tax and make laws for colonies -
The Townshend Acts
Taxes on imports / Prohibited sumggling / Suspended assembly -
Against Townshend Acts
No taxation without representation / Boycotts -
Repeal Townshend Acts
Tax on tea -
Boston Massacre
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The Gaspee
Colonists burned the ship -
Tea Act
Helped British East Indian Company -
Boston Tea Party
Dumped tea -
Coercive Acts
Strong restriction on colonies -
Quebec Act
Organized Canadian lands from France -
The First Continental Congress
Protest / no desire for independence -
Period: to
Revolutionary War
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The Second Continental Congress
Deivision between indepence and negotiation -
Start of the War
Lexington and Concord -
Bunker Hill
First major battle -
The Declaration of Independence
By Thomas Jefferson -
Turning Point at Saratoga
Gained French alliance -
Battle of Yorktown
Last major battle -
Treaty of Paris
Peace Treaty