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French & Indian War ends
British win & gain control over Ohio River valley -
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists can't settle west of Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
Tax on molasses & rum. Hurts colonial economy by raising cost of imports from West Indies -
Stamp Act
Tax on all printed material. Causes many colonists to vow not to buy taxed goods -
Townshend Acts
Tax on paint, glass, lead, paper, & tea. Results in boycott of British imports & protests against new taxes in Boston. -
Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks & 4 others die after being shot by the British military. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians dump British tea into Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Five acts passed by the British government as a result of the Boston Tea Party. Some of the results were that Boston Harbor was closed until the colonists paid damages for dumping the tea into Boston Harbor & the Quartering Act was passed which required the colonists to provide housing for British soldiers. These acts were known as the Intolerable Acts in the colonies but the British called them the Coercive Acts. -
First Continental Congress
Colonists gather to consider action. Training of minutemen begins. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
First military battles of the War for Independence -
Declaration of Independence
Written statement of colonists' determination to become independent
