Toua's Timeline

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  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.

  • French Indian War

    French Indian War
    Great Britain and France were fighting for control of the Ohio River Valley in North America. Great Britain won the war but went into great debt fighting it.