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French/Indian war
The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France. At the start the French colonies had 60,000 compared to the English who had 2 million. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed by the British parliament on March 22,1765.the new tax required colonist to pay tax on all paper,documents and licenses. -
Townsend Revenue act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were raised on taxes. Crowds attacked the office forcing the officials to retire. -
Boston massacre
The troops were constantly tormented. Finally there was a riot which killed five men. -
Boston Tea Party
They through all of the tea into the harbor to protest tax on tea. -
Tea act
The purpose of the act was not to raise revenue from colonies. -
Intolerable act
Law was passed for British parliament after the British tea party.They were punished for throwing the tea into the harbor. -
battle of Lexington and Concord
Hundreds of British troops attacked from Boston to Concord. Many more battles followed, but in 1783 the colonist finally won their independence. -
1st and 2nd continental congress
Was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies.the second congress managed the colonial war. -
Common Sense
Common sense led into there independence. Pamphlets were used to spread information.