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The French and Indian War
War fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians of North America. Most of the battles were in Canada. -
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The Sugar Act
The act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It also banned importation of rum and French wines. -
The Stamp Act
First direct British tax on American colonists. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. -
The Stamp Act Congress
The colonists didn't think they should have to pay for something they had been doing for free for many years, and they responded in force, with demonstrations and even with a diplomatic body -
Townshend Acts
laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea -
The Boston Massacre
Shooting of five American colonists by British troops on March 5, 1770. -
The Boston Tea Party
American colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty and disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships and dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into Boston harbor. -
The First Continental Congress
Two groups of people from all the Colonies who came together to discuss liberty. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
First shots fired between American and British troops -
The Second Continental Congress
The Continental Congress created the Continental Army and named George Washington as commander-in-chief. -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Two-day engagement between British forces under the command of General William Howe and American forces under Colonel William Prescott. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" published
Patriot and American soldier whose main contribution was in writing. -
Declaration of Independence signed
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Declaration of Independence adopted
Document declaring the 13 American Colonies independent from Great Britain.
