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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was also known as the Seven Years War but the war actually lasted nine years. This war inspired the character "Yankee Doodle". It was technically the first "World War". George Washington took the first blow. The French were winning the battle in the beginning but Britain pulled out the win. Britain was in great debt when the war was over. -
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French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War. -
The Sugar Act
The main goal of the Sugar Act was to raise revenue to provide money for military costs for the American Colonies. This Act also increased on the numbers of smuggling laws. Protests against the Sugar Act later led to boycotts of some British luxury goods. -
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The Sugar Act
(actual end date unknown, but it ends in 1776) Each year from 1764 to 1774 taxes from the Sugar Act was $32,739,083 in American U.S. money. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was different from the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act was to collect internal tax where the Sugar Act collected trade tax. The majority of the money collected was to place 10,000 British troops along the frontier of the Appalachian Mountains. Forging stamps was such a crime that you can be punished by death. -
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The Stamp Act
(actual end date unknown, but did end in 1776) The Stamp Act Congress formed and started to protest against the Stamp Act. Finally, the British Parliament put a stop to the Stamp Act. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were named after Charles Townshend who was the chancellor of the Exchequer for Great Britain in 1767. The Townshend Acts were not the first Act that made the American Colonies pay taxes. The Stamp and Sugar Act were the first Acts who made Clonists pay taxes. -
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The Townshend Acts
(actual end date unknown, but did end in 1770) Lord Frederick North had asked the Parliament to repeal the Twonshend Acts on everything except the tea. -
The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea Party
The event was not actually called the Boston Tea Party until half a century later. It was known as "the destruction of the tea." One tea partier woke from the dead. He was knocked unconscious and was called dead but woke up hours later. More than 92,000 pounds of tea was dropped into the harbor. -
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The Boston Tea Party
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The American Revolution
"The war of Independence." Fought between Great Britain and the American Colonies. The was ended because Great Britain and the colonies signed a treaty. -
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The American Revolution
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America Declares its Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted during the Second Continential Congress. -
U.S. Constitution Replaces the Articles of Confederation
After ten years the Articles of Confederation was then replaced by the U.S. Constitution which is still in use today with amendments. -
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U.S. Constitution