American Revolution

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    The 7 Years War

    French and Indians VS. British and Colonists
  • Proclamation Of 1763

  • Colonists Angered

    The king told them to not pass Appalachian mountains and that angered colonists who had fought for them to get land.
  • The Sons of Liberty

  • Quartering Act

    Parliament without any representative from the colonies passed a law requiring colonists to pay to house troops in the colonies
  • The Stamp Act

    "Taxation Without Representation" They had to buy a stamp for every paper they bought.
  • Parliament Repeals the Stamp Act

    The stamp act was boycotted against and they removed it
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    The Townshed Acts

  • The Boston Massacre

    An incident on Kings' St. where British army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others
  • The Tea Act

    The colonists decided that the only tea they would buy would be from the East India Tea Co.
  • The Coercive Acts

  • First Continental Congress Formed

    Colonies united and militias formed
  • Lexington and Concord

    First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War