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French and Indian War
7 year war. 1756-1763. Fought between the French and English over American territory. The Indians helped the French. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian war. Forced the French to give up all their territory in America -
The Quartering Act
Parliament passed a law that forced colonists to let soldiers live in their houses. -
The Stamp Act
Parliament imposed a stamp tax on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
The Repeal of the Stamp Act
The Colonist were displeased with the stamp act and boycotted the tax. So parliament repealed it -
Town Shed Act
The British started to tax the goods imported into America from Britain -
The Boston Massacre
The colonist were throwing rioting, snowballs and stones at the British soldiers. Eventually a soldiers shot and killed 3 colonist. -
The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party
Parliament passed a law which put a tax on tea. The colonists protested it by dumping tea off the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
Consisted of Boston Port Act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act. -
Coercive Acts
The British closed the Boston Harbor until they payed for all the lost tea in response to the Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from every colony except Georgia met in Philadelphia to discuss the future of America. -
Lexington and Concord
British forces planed to capture colonial leaders in Lexington, then go to Concord and take their gunpowder. But Paul Revere spread the word of the ambush. With the Minutemen ready they forced the British back to Boston. Known as the “Shot Heard Round the World” -
Second Continental Congress
Rough draft of Declaration of Independence. Made the Continental Army Put Washington in charge of the army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill -
British Naval Assault On Coastal Colonies
The naval attacks and burning of the coastal towns of Falmouth, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia helped to unify the colonies. The colonists were afraid of the British. But it brought unity through adversity. -
Thomas Paine Common Sense
The famous book about was published -
Declaration of Independence final draft
Continental congress revises and debates the independence eventually making a final draft.