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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were passed to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England. -
French-Indian War Begins
The British and French went to war over control of the upper Ohio River valley. -
Writs of Assistance
The Writs of Assistance were documents allowing British officials to enter any ship or building that was suspected of holding smuggled goods. -
French-Indian War Ends
The British and French went to war over control of the upper Ohio River valley. -
Pontiac's Rebellion Begins
Pontiac's Rebellion was an armed conflict between the British and many different Native American tribes. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a boundary imposed by the British that restricted colonial settlers from going beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This was in response to Pontiac's Rebellion and to appease the Native Americans living there at the time. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses and to provide increased revenue to the British. -
Stamp Act Crisis
The Stamp Act Crisis was a series of organized protests against the Stamp Act before it went into effect. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act stated that the British would house their soldiers in American barracks and public housing, as well as making colonial governments providing paying for feeding and sheltering any troops stationed in their colony. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on many forms of papers and documents signified by a stamp on the paper or document. -
Pontiac's Rebellion Ends
Pontiac's Rebellion was an armed conflict between the British and many different Native American tribes. -
Declatory Act
The declaratory act was a declaration that stated the Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Britain. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures that taxed goods imported to the 13 colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A fight that occurred on the streets of Boston. Five citizens were shot. -
Tea Act
A tax which forced Americans to import tea from Britain (Britain wanted to show superiority) -
Boston Tea Party
Angry colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. “taxation without representation” -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by parliament to punish colonists for their actions. The Massachusetts colonists were restricted from doing many things. -
Founding of the Continental Congress
A government body through which the colonists coordinated defiance against the British. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battles between British militia, and poorly trained American colonists beginning the Revolutionary war.