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1498
Columbus Lands On America
Italian explorer sets foot in modern-day Venezuela and claims it for Spain -
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French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war, the American phase of a nine-year world war waged between France and Britain. As a result of the war, France give all of its American possessions east of the Mississippi River to Britain. The costs of the war contributed to the British government's decision to impose new taxes on its American colonies. -
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7 Years War
Britain and Prussia defend their territories from the alliance between France, Austria- Hungary and Russia, which were in the pursuit of more territories. Great Britain won the dispute against France in Asia, ordering the french troops to retract. Prussia won the dispute in Europe and in America, Great Britain was victorious forcing the french to hand in the lands in Canada. -
Sugar Act
Because Great Britain was in a great debt, so to get some money back they made the sugar act. The Sugar act made the english colonies could only import sugar from Britain and were charged with taxes. -
The Stamp Act
In an attempt to repay the debt that built up because of the war with france the stamp act was created, that consisted in American colonies paying a tax on all paper documents to the Great Britain, which left the american colonies unsettled, because they claimed only their own representative assistants could tax them. -
Boston Massacre
Five people were killed by a small British army, in Boston, which raged the population of Boston and fueled the revolt against Great Britain, the soldiers were charged with murder, still people were angry. -
Boston Tea Party
Disguised as native americans, the sons of liberty carried out a political protest on Boston Massachusetts over the “taxation without representation” by dumping 342 chests of tea overboard, this is known to be the first act of defiance from the american colony against Great Britain. As a response, Great Britain dissolved their general assembly, revoked their charter and sent more troops to look after the civilization, which made them be under direct rule from Great Britain. -
First Continental Congress
After massachusetts was occupied by the british,The 12 different colonies sent 56 delegates to philadelphia where they would gather up and try to decide what to do with the invading british. -
Battle of Brandywine
Battle between Americans and British, the English won and took control again of Philadelphia -
Siege Of Yorktown
French army battled the Franco-Americans in the town of Yorktown, it ended the Northside control by the French Army
