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Sugary act
Law setting a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies impacting the manufacture of rum in New England. -
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Treaty of Paris 1763
ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies -
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Proclamation Act
was issued October 7, 1763, Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, -
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Sugary act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act -
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Stamp Act Congress
October 7-25: Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonists -
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the stamp act
First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, -
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Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress or First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, -
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stamp act
Stamp Act in March 1766. However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British -
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Declare act
March 18: Declaratory Act passed asserting the British right to make laws binding on the colonies -
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Stamp Act Repealed
Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. -
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Boston massacre
5 civilians killed by British soldiers -
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Townsend Act
April: Repeal of the Townsend Acts and the Quartering Ac -
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the tea act
Law allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants -
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the Boston tea party
Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protested against the British Tea Act -
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The Quartering Act
t is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers -
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1st Continental
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, -
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Lexington & Concord
In April 19, 1775 when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British -
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Declaration of Independence
adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain