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Beggining of the French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was started in 1774 because both the British and the French thought the Ohio River Valley belonged to them.
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Road to Revolution
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End of French and Indian War
End of the French and Indian War. This war lasted 7 years.
http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation ended the 7 year French and Indian War.
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The Stamp Act
The Stamp act was passed by British Parlament in 1765, puting a tax on all paper.
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Townshed Act
The townshed acts put taxes on all goods imported into the U.S.
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The Boston Massacre
The killing of five colonists by British regulars.
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Tea Act
This was an act of the British Parlament to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by th financialy troubled Brithish government.
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The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of rebelion against British taxation, in which Samuel Adams and the Sons ol Liberty boarded three British ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.
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Intolerable acts
What the American Patriots' called a series of laws passed by the British Parlament.
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Lexington and Concord
A plan of the British soldiers to attak Lexington early, then steal gunpowder from Concord,
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The Declaration of Independence
This declared the Indeendence of the colonists as there own country. U.S.A
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html