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French and Indian war
7 year War between the French and the English over American territory. -
The Sugar Act
Britain charged taxes on sugar that was imported by the colonies. -
The stamp act
An act that required colonists to pay taxes to Britain -
The Townshend acts
Act that added tax on goods that were imported from the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fire into a group of American Colonists, killing 5 men. -
Boston Tea party
A political protest where American colonists dumbed 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor to get back at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation” -
The intolerable acts
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The first continental congress was formed
12 British-American states that came together to discuss the unjust taxes, and ways of solving issues with the British. This was also the first time all states came together. -
The Coercive Acts were put in place
An act that closed the Boston harbor after the Boston tea party until the lost tea of the Boston tea party was paid for. -
The battle of Lexington and Concord took place
This battle is like a standpoint and beginning of the Revolutionary wars in America. The British forces tried to seize military supplies from Massachusetts, but they suffered many casualties. -
The battle of Bunker Hill took place
A major war with many casualties that was technically won by the British but the colonists used it as a big moral booster. -
The Declaration of Independence is officially signed
The signing of the Declaration of Independence officially separated the colonists from Britain and they officially became the United States of America.