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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to the American Revolution. -
The Sugar Act
In 1764 Parliament passed the Sugar Act, with the goal of raising 100,000 pounds. The Sugar Act lowered the duty on foreign-produced molasses from six pence per gallon to three pence per gallon, in attempts to discourage smuggling. -
The Stamp Act
On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers. The colonists did not like this a rebelled. This is another reason the revolutionary war happened. -
The Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act, created by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
The Boston Non-importation Agreement was a boycott which restricted importation of goods to the city of Boston. This agreement was signed on August 1, 1768, by more than sixty merchants and traders. After two weeks time, there were only sixteen traders who did not join the effort. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre about British soldiers who killed several people. -
The Gaspee Affair
The 1772 Attack by Rhode Island on the English Royal Navy Ship Gaspee. The Gaspee was an English revenue cutter, preventing smuggling and collecting import taxes from ships entering Rhode Island ports. More than a hundred men rowed out in ten large boats, and attacked the Gaspee. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston. American colonists that where angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their part in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charleston, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
America and France sign alliance
On February 6, 1778, France and the United States of America signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris. The Treaty of Amity and Commerce recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
British Capture Charleston SC
The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory, fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. -
French fleet drives British Naval Force from Chesapeake Bay
Battle of the Chesapeake September 5, 1781, in the American Revolution, French naval victory over a British fleet that took place outside Chesapeake Bay. The outcome of the battle was great for America. -
The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. -
U.S. Constitution signed
The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.