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Begining of the French and Indian War
Between Great Britain and it's enemies in North America, the French and the Indians. -
End of the French and Indian War
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The Sugar Act
Put a three-cent tax on foreign sugar, as well as banned the importation of French rum and most French wines -
The Stamp Act
The first direct tax placed on the American colonists by Britain. It required a British stamp on any public or legal document to show that the tax had been payed. -
Patrick Henry's "Treason" Speech
Patrick Henry stated that King Goerge III would have done well to learn from the mistakes of past rulers who were assasinated -
The Townshend Acts
Taxes placed on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. These taxes were repealed later because of the series of protests from the colonists. Only the tax on tea remained. -
The Boston Massacre
The shooting of five American colonists by British troops, which resulted in further mistrust and unrest with regards to British military presence in the colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
The "Sons of Liberty" duisguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships, and dumped 342 crates of tea into the Hudson River in response to the British tax on tea -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from all the colonies except Goergia came to meet secretly, and discuss liberty -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere makes his famous ride through the countryside warning the American colonists that the British are coming. -
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
The first shot was fired at the British soldiers in Lexington, while the British were marching towards the American colonist's arms depot in Concord. -
Meeting of the Second Continental Congress
In their second meeting, the Continental Congress addressed the disorginization of the colonist troops, and appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief -
Americans Capture Fort Ticonderoga
Headed by Ethan Allen and supported by Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys, the capture of Fort Ticonderoga was the American colonist's first official victory against the British. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Occupied by Americans in order to protect Boston's shipyard, the British attacked the next day. After suffering a high number of casualties, British troops took the hill. The Americans did not retreat, however, untill their lack of ammunition forced them to.