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Seven Years' War/ French and Indian War
Main conflict occured during 1756-1763 -
Britian fires on Alcide
British troops take Alcide and two other ships -
Attack on Acadia
First real action to take place against the French by the British -
Battle of Fort Duquesne
Britian tries to take French fort on the Ohio River Valley -
Battle of Lake George
French and British troops meet -
Virginia's House of Burgesses 1756-1757
Declines to raise war revenues through taxation -
Revenue Act
Came about in hopes to halt bribery practiced by colonist trying to avoid the Molasses Act <a href='http://www.nhinet.org/ccs/docs/writs.htm' >
Primary Source Attorney James Otis -
Charles Townshend and William Pitt come to Power
Convinced that the expansion of British trade and national influence depended on the taxation and administration of the North American colonies -
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Aftermath of the War
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Currency Act
Banned the use of paper money as a legal tender in all colonies -
Sugar Act
Lowered the duty to 3 pence and made the British sugar industry competitive without completely wrecking the mainland export trade or distilling industry -
Stamp Act
Colonist were required to buy stamps from royal collectors and attach them to a wide variety of printed material -
Stamp Act Congress
Colonial delegates issued the Stamp Act Resolves -
Townshend Act
Imposed taxes on glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea imported into the colonies -
Tea Act
Granted virtual monopoly over the British tea market and allowed direct sales access to colonies -
Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts Patriots disquised as Indians illegally boarded the Dartmouth and dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor Eyewitness -
Coercive Acts
Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party and it reinstated British dominion over the colonies <ahref='http://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/crisis/text7/text7.htm' > -
First Continental Congress
Met in Philadelphia and passed the Declaration of Rights saying that Parliamentary Acts pertaining to America were void -
Continental Congress
Encouraged individual colonies to adopt new governments and formally sever all ties to the English Crown
