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The Treaty of Paris
This officially ends the French and Indian War. France ended up ceding most of their territory in North America to Great Britain. -
Sugar Act
Great Britains first attempt at taxing the colonies in order to restore money used during the War -
The Stamp Act
Parliament enacts the Stamp Act to help lower the cost of keeping troops in America. This put a tax on many printed materials used by the colonists. -
Townshend Act
An act that taxed tea, glass, lead, paper and paint. Colonists started to spread "Taxation without representation!". -
Boston Massacre
A crowd was harassing a group of British soldiers guarding the customs house when a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his gun, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
A huge part in the start of the war. Sons/Daughters of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in the middle of the night -
The First Shot of the War
The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts the morning of the 19th, the "Shot Heard Round the World." -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The first major battle of the Revolutionary war. The British lost 1,054 lives while the colonies lost 367.
