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Trade and Navigation Acts enacted
British pass several laws incoporated in the Trade and Navigation Act to deter foreign trading and to boost colonists purchasing British goods -
Tea Act
British law strictly regulating the purchase of Tea and raising prices of every other tea except for British tea. -
Molasses Act
Britain levies a a trade restriction where Americans could not purchase sugar or molasses from the cheaper French West Indies and instead are forced to purchase it from the more expensive British West Indies. -
American Smuggling of French West Indies Molasses
Due to outrage at the newly enacting Molasses act; many captains took up smuggling to avoid this tax. -
French-Indian War Begins
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Treaty of Paris
End of French-Indian War and hostilities end between Britain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
A proclamation after the French Indian War that granted the British much land in America. -
The Currency Act
British Act in which britain would take control of the American economic system. -
Replacement of Molasses Act with Sugar Act
A British law passed to raise the levies on foreign sugars to boost British sugar. -
British Debt reachs peak
Britian looks to other ways to increase revenue. -
Quartering Act
An act allowing British soldiers to take residence in civillian homes, this also forced civillians to feed and shelter British soldiers. -
Virginia Stamp Acts Resolutions
An American motion to repeal the Stamp act and to be treated as British citizens. -
Formation of the Sons of Liberty
The formation of a seperatist group to fight against the British tax acts. -
Declaratory Act
An act ensuring dependence of the colonies on Britain. -
Repeal of Sugar Act
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Townshed Revenue Acts
A series of taxes imposed on imported goods. Also a series of laws to help combat smuggling, allowing British Soldiers to break into any house of residence or business and forcefully search the premises without a warrant. -
Partial repeal of Townshed Acts
A repeal of the majority of the Townshed Acts, -
Boston Massacre
An incident between a group of 8 british soldiers where 6 drunken civillians were killed and 5 others wounded. -
The Gaspee Affair
American merchants board a British ship and take the crew captive. They then burn and loot the ship. -
Boston Tea Party
An organized destruction of british Tea in the port of Boston by members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as natives. -
Boston Port Act
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Britain orders a complete lockdown of Boston Port to punish the Bostonians. -
Administration of Justice Act
British Act to allow administration of justice inthe cases of persons questioned for any acts done to them in the execution of the law. -
Massachusetts Government Act
A British Act to replace the existing colonial government of Massachusetts. -
Quebec Act
A British Act officially making Quebec part of the British Colonies. -
First Continental Congress
The first meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies to discuss British taxation and to discuss future preceedings. -
Articles of Association
A series of trade prohibitons with Great Britain in the colonies. -
"Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!"
Famous quote by radical Patrick Henry in response to British Taxation. -
The Midnight Ride
A midnight ride by three patriots including Paul Revere to warn minutemen at Lexington of incoming British Forces approaching by land. This gave the minutemen time to evacuate the weapons and supplies cache. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first skirmish of the Revolutionary war between American minutemen and British Regulars -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting of congress to discuss the preperation for the war and to write and sign the Declaration of Independence. -
Repeal of The Navigation Acts
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Repeal of Tea Act
