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Navigation act
Tried to regulate colonists trading and what was imported but wasn’t religiously enforced. -
French and Indian war ends
The British fought a large and crippling war against the French and Indians and expected the colonists to pay for the war debt. -
Stamp act
Taxed items such as newspapers and pamphlets colonists found this to be a attack against there rights. -
The Boston massacre
Colonists protesting threw rocks and ice at British soldiers who opened fire in defense and killed 5 colonists. -
Tea act
Britain puts a tax on all tea to try and repair its debt from the war which outrages the colonists paying for it. -
Boston tea party
A handful of colonists riled together and threw a whole ships worth of tea into the Boston harbor in protest of the tax on tea. -
First continental congress
12 state representatives gathered in Philadelphia to discuss moves against the British for what happened in Massachusetts. -
Second continental congress
Colonist leaders came together and formed a continental army with George Washington in command. -
Lexington and concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war where the first shots of the war took place between the British and colonists. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
American leaders signed the declaration claiming there break from Great Britain and its government. -
Battle of Saratoga
A large win for the colonists and the turning point of the war and convinced the French to join the side of the colonists. -
Winter at Valley Forge
A hard blow to the colonists where the cold winter and starvation killed hundreds of colonist soldiers but George Washington held his army together. -
Battle of Yorktown
The final battle that crumbled the British war effort and forced the British to end the war two years later. -
U.S. constitution written
This constitution fixed all the problems we had with Great Britain and created laws to protect the people from the government.