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In 1755, this war between France and Great Britain results in a victory for Great Britain and an expanded American empire.
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British Parliament passes a series of taxes on the colonies, resulting in protests from many colonists.
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Imported molasses is taxed. The only molasses not taxed is that from the British West Indies.
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Colonists are told not to print money, they must use English currency.
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The British make the colonists give the English soilders food, shelter, etc, at no cost.
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Colonists are smuggling goods. That way they won't be taxed. England wants to cut down on smuggling. They issue search warants, making legal for English soilders to come into homes of colonists to look for smuggled goods.
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Five Bostonians are killed during a brawl between the colonists and British soilders. The incident causes an outcry of injustice thrououghout the colonies.
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British Parliment passes the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonists for their support in the Boston Tea Party.
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Fifty leaders meet to devise peaceful solutions to the conflicts with Great Britain.
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Lexington and Concord became the first sights were the British Army and colonial militias battle over control of the colonies. The clashes marked the start of independence from Great Britain.
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Thomas Paine writes Common Sense, which persuades many colonists to support the idea that the colonies should be independent from Great Britain.
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The Declaration of Independence is approved by the second continental congress and declares to the world that the British colonies are now a free and independent nation.
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The British army surrenders at Yorktown, Virgina after being trapped by American and French forces.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed formally ending the war fought between Great Britain and the United States during the American Revolution.
