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House of Burgesses passed its first comprehensive slave code
Slave owners could not be convicted of murder for killing a slave; conversely, any black Virginian who struck a white colonist would be severely whipped -
Slavery Became legal in South Carolina and Georgia.
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Seven Year's War
called French and Indian war in America -
treaties of Paris and Hubertusburg
Ended the Seven Year's war -
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Pontiac's war
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The Sugar Act of 1764
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Stamp Act
The act required that many documents be printed on paper that had been stamped to show the duty had been paid, including newspapers, pamphlets, diplomas, legal documents, and even playing cards. -
the Townshend Acts
new customs duties on common items, like lead, glass, paint, and tea, instead of direct taxes. The acts also created and strengthened formal mechanisms to enforce compliance, including a new American Board of Customs Commissioners and more vice-admiralty courts to try smugglers. -
Boston Massacre
a crowd gathered outside the Custom House and began hurling insults, snowballs, and perhaps more at the young sentry. When a small number of soldiers came to the sentry’s aid, the crowd grew increasingly hostile until the soldiers fired. After the smoke cleared, five Bostonians were dead, including one of the ringleaders, Crispus Attucks, a former slave turned free dockworker. -
slave-owning Quakers could be expelled from their meetings
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence
Congress passed this document in order to gain independence for Britain -
Treaty of Paris
this treaty ended the American Revolution and America gained its independence