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american revolution
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Signing of the Treaty of Paris
Ending the Seven Year’s War, also known as the French and Indian War in North America. France ceded all mainland North American territories, except New Orleans, in order to retain her Caribbean sugar islands. Britain gained all territory east of the Mississippi River; Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi, but exchanged East and West Florida for Cuba. -
Sugar act
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stamp act, quaterring act, virginian resolution
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declaratory act
Parliament finalises the repeal of the Stamp Act, but declares that it has the right to tax colonies -
townshend Revenue Act (Townshend Duties)
Duties on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint to help pay for the administration of the colonies, named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Dickinson publishes Letter from a Philadelphian Farmer in protest. Colonial assemblies condemn taxation without representatio -
Brittish troops arrive in Boston
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boston massacre
Angered by the presence of troops and Britain's colonial policy, a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house; a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians. -
Burning of Gaspee
The revenue schooner Gaspee ran aground near Providence, Rhode Island and was burnt by locals angered by the enforcement of trade legislation. -
tea act
in an effort to support the ailing East India Company, Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies. Americans resented what they saw as an indirect tax subsidising a British company. -
Boston tea party
Angered by the Tea Acts, American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians dump £9,000 of East India Company tea into the Boston harbour. -
France provides covert aid to the Americans
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Battle of Trenton, New Jersey
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Continental Congress issues the Declaration of Independence
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Battles of Long Island and White Plains
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Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.
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US Defeat at battle of Camden
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Surrender of British forces under Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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Adoption of the American Constitution
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Constitutional Convention