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Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian War. -
Period: to
Road to Revolution
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Proclamation Act
Forbids settlement in the West. -
The Sugar Act
Tax on molasses of six pence/gallon from Colonial merchants. -
Stamp Act
Tax on colonists for printing paper. -
The Quartering Act
British soldiers are quartered in public homes and inns if there is no more space in the barracks. -
Stamp Act Congress
"No taxation without representation!" -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
A document declaring that the taxes on the colonists are unconstitutional. -
Stamp Act Repealed
British Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory Act
Same tax authority from Great Britain into the colonies. -
Townshend Act
Series of taxes and laws on the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fire on a group of colonists killed five men. -
Committee of Correspondence
Secret governments created by the colonists. -
Tea Act
Final series of laws from Great Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
Group of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumping British tea into the Boston Harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
Meeting of the delegates from the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
Harsh laws passed by the British. -
Lexington & Concord
Started the American Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill
Battle between British troops and American troops at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Appeal to Reason Rejected
Bringing back peace between the colonies and Great Britain -
Common Sense
Wrote by Thomas Paine for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
Independence from Great Britain!
