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Beginning
Beginning in 1764, Great Britain began passing acts to exert greater control over the American colonies which had been left more or less to themselves until the French and Indian War.- This Was Good Because: The Britains had More Power. -
Quartering Act
Great Britain passed the Quartering Act in 1765.- This Was Good Because; Provide quarters for British troops in the colonies -
Townshend Acts
Events began to escalate with passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767.- This Was Good Beacuse: An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America -
Tea Act
In 1773, parliament passed the Tea Act, giving the British East India Company a monopoly to trade tea in America.- This Was Good Because: British East India Company Got To Trade In America. -
Intolerable Acts
In response to the Intolerable Acts, 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia from September-October, 1774.- This Was Good Because: Creation of TheAssociation calling for a boycott of British goods. -
British troops
The continuing escalation of hostility resulted in violence when in April 1775, British troops traveled to Lexington and Concord to take control of stored colonial gunpowder and to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock.- This Was Good Because: They caught John Hanock & Samuel Adams -
13 colonies
May, 1775 brought the meeting of the Second Continental Congress. All were represented.- This Was Good Because: -
Continental Congress
On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress appointed a committee of five men to draft the Declaration: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. - This Was Good Because: This Was The Beginng Of Independence -
Independence
The Congress voted for independence on July 2.- This Was Good Because: The Congress Got To Vote On Our Independence -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence and finally approved it on July 4.- This Was Good Because: Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty