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French and Indian War/Seven Years' War
A war between the British colonists and the French and Native Americans. The English got Canada and Florida afterwards -
Attack of Tax Collectors
People begin to tar and feather tax collectors they find -
Stamp Act
Taxes are applied to paper products -
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams forms the Sons of Liberty, a rebellious group that oppose the Stamp Act -
Townshend Act
Stamp Act is replaced with taxes on paper, tea, lead, and glass. -
Boycott
People organize a boycott of taxed British goods -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shoot people in Boston and a few people die -
Stuff
Most taxes are repealed but some remain -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dump tea into the ocean after a tax on tea is put into action -
Congress forms
People from almost every colony form a continental congress -
Massachusetts goes under military rule
British troops arrive in Boston to keep people in line -
Patrick Henry's speech
Patrick Henry gives a famous speech with a famous line ("Give me liberty or give me death!")