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1651 BCE
navagation acts
This is where England forced the colonists to trade exclusively with them -
molasses act
a British law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the North American colonies. -
Fort necessity
After marching to Fort Duquesne, Washington set up a small fort of his own nearby. He called it Fort Necessity. -
french and indian war
the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
stamp act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown. -
sugar act
cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
Townshend Act
With the Townshend Act, new duties were placed on imports of glass, lead, paper, tea to the Colonies from Great Britain. The revenue used from these duties would be used to pay for the colonial governors and judges. -
tea act
granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
intolorable act
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
quartering act
stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses -
quebic act
was intended to appease French Canadians and to gain their loyalty. First and foremost, the Act allowed them to freely practice Roman Catholicism. This was in stark contrast to how the British government had handled similar situations. -
General Thomas Gage takes over Boston
to replace Thomas Hutchinson as royal governor of Massachusetts. -
First Continental Congress
convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. -
Paul Revere's Ride
warn the town that the British soldiers were coming. It details Revere making the plan with the other soldier and continues through his ride and the resulting interaction between the British and American soldiers. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous 'shot heard 'round the world', marked the start of the American War of Independence (1775-83). Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York is arguably the best-preserved fort from the 1700s in North America. It was the site of several engagements in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Its military significance is matched only by the natural beauty that surrounds the site. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. -
Declaratory Acts
stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever." -
Boston Tea Party March 5th 1779
British soldiers shot into a crowd, killing three people and mortally wounding two more, during a chaotic scene on King Street in Boston. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress (article) | Khan Academy
After violence broke out between Britain and its American colonies in 1775, delegates from the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia to plot the course of war—and soon, independence.