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Sugar act
The sugar act was when the British added taxes so they could get more money. -
quartering act
the british further angered american colonists with the quartering act. -
repeal of the stamp act
Benjamin Franklin voted to repeal the stamp act. -
townshend
townshend which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper,tea. -
Massachusetts Circular Letter
A letter wrote by samuel adams, as massachusetts legislature, in reaction to the unpopular townshend -
boston massacre
british people shot and killed alot of people. -
townshend act cutback
withdrew tax on everything but tea. -
Attack on the "Gaspee."
this is when the Gaspee ran a ground and a group -
Tea act
Greatly lowed the tea taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
342 chests of tea dumped -
Revolutionary war
This is the first day the shots started coming from lexington massachusetts. -
Congress Creates a Navy
the President signed a congressional act. -
"common sense"
thomas paine moved alot to the cause of independence with something called "Common Sense". -
america has a flag
america gets a flag for there new nation. -
spain joins the war
spain joined the war to help out britain then went to help france and betray britain. -
The British Attack in North and South.
The fight kept going -
Congress Creates a Department of Finance
on this day they had to separate departments of finance. -
battle of yorktown
britan lost hope of winning the war in america because of there defeat -
Peace Negotiations Begin in Paris
peace talking began -
Congress Is Threatened
A group from pennslyvania marched on congress demanding there pay. -
Basic Land Ordinance
the northwest ordinance was passed. -
Constitution
The constitution was made.
