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French and Indian War 1754-1763
It resulted in the treaty of Paris. It helped Britain by gaining land -
Sugar Act
In 1764 Parliament passed the Sugar Act with the goal of raising 100,000 pounds an amount equal to one-fifth of the military. The Sugar Act lowered the duty on foreign-produced molasses from six pence per gallon to 3 pence per gallon in attempts to discourage smuggling. -
Stamp act 1765
It was the first internal tax reverted directly on America colonies by the British government. It strained relations with the colonies to the point of the rebellion against the British. -
The Townshend acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures passed by the British Parliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. The British Parliament enacted a series of taxes on the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight, mob throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Boston tea party 1773
It was a political protest. It resulted in the acts. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts in the American colonies were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
Lexington and Concord
The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord. -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document that officially records the proclamation that the United States is an independent country from Great Britain.