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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763 with the treaty of Paris. It was fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the vast colonial territory of North America. -
Sugar Act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764. -
The Townshend Acts
a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies -
The stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper -
the boston massacre
a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people -
The Boston Tea Party
It happened because American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation and dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists -
Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
was fought on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War -
Battle of Quebec
was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City -
Declaration of Independence adopted
Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and revised in committee. -
Battle of Trenton
was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle that took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Battle of Rhode Island
The Battle of Rhode Island took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and militia forces under the command of General John Sullivan -
Siege of Charleston
The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory, fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War -
Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots