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French and Indian War
Seven years war, the Northern American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, both sides were helped by different Native American tribes -
Sugar Act
Passed by Parliament. Reduced the rate of tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence per gallon, it was to gain revenue after the war -
Stamp Act
Parliament put direct taxes on the colonies that required most printed materials be printed on stamped paper produce in London -
Quartering Act
Parliament passed the Quartering Act, meant to raise revenue. The act forced colonial government to provide and pay for the soldiers that were staying in the colonies -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people after a series of events that started with the soldiers being harassed and ended with the soldiers firing into the crowd. The events were exaggerated by leading patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams -
Tea Act
Parliament passed the Tea Act which would grant the company the right to ship the tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and commission people to sell it to people in the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest that happened when the colonists weren't happy with the "Representation without Taxation", the group dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor -
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First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies which became the United States. The meeting was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was sent to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock about their impeding arrests, and to warn the colonial minutemen that the British are coming -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Local minutemen clashed with British forces in Massachusetts marking the "Shot around the world" which started the Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress (George Washington becomes commander)
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson voted to form a Continental Army with George Washington as the commander -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
It advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain, it is considered the most influential pamphlets in American history -
Battle of Saratoga
The first major American victory against the British -
America and France become allies
The two became allies through the Treaty of Alliance. The French became directly involved in the War against the British, the Navy went and fought the British Navy along the American coast -
Treaty of Paris
The war went on for many more years and eventually ended when U.S and British representatives signed the Treaty of Paris. The agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory