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End of French and Indian War
The British won the war and they took control of land owned by France. They started taxing the colonists more because they needed money. -
End of French and Indian War
The British won the French and Indian War and spent all their money. They began to tax the colonists more because they needed money -
Sugar Act
This was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service. Things that were taxed were foreign goods such as sugar, certain wines, coffee, regulated the export of lumber and iron. -
Stamp Act
The act required the colonists to pay a tax represented by a stamp on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
Since the colonists were boycotting and protesting against the Stamp Act, the British finally decided to repeal it. -
Townshend Act
Imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A riot on the street that included throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks between the British soldiers and the colonists. The British killed 5 colonists. -
Tea Act
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest where the American colonists were mad at the British for imposing “taxation without representation”. The American colonists dumped chests of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
These were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. These acts closed the port of Boston, stripped Massachusetts of its charter, allowed local authorities to lodge British troops anywhere, and British officers could now be tried in Britain instead of Boston. -
Quebec Acts
The Quebec Act repealed loyalty oath and established religious freedom. -
Lexington
First battle of the Revolutionary War. The British won.