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Treaty of Paris
Seven Year's War ends: British territory doubles -
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Road to Revolution
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Sugar Act
First taxing law in colonies; aroused resentment by colonists towards Prime Minister George Grenville; protests by colonists -
Stamp Tax
raised money to support new military force; colonists throught it was fiscal agression; colonists thought Grenville was striking at their local liberties; beginning of "No taxation without representation."; -
Quartering Act
required colonies to provide food and housing for British troops; kept resentment burning; caused British to question why colonists couldn't pay for their own protection -
Stamp Tax Congress
repealed Stamp Tax; helped unite colonies -
Declaratory Act
England declares authority over colonies -
Townshend Acts
taxed tea; smugglers increased; enflamed "No taxation without representation."; extra soldiers -
Boston "Massacre"
11 Bostonians injured; 2 redcoats found guilty of manslaughter; Paul Revere's engraving circulated -
Committees of Correspondence
spread spirit of resistance; stimulated united action; evolved into first American congress; led to House of Burgesses -
Boston Tea Party
colonists thought of event as a "badge of slavery"; conservatives complained about destruction of private property and violation of laws and anarchy; Hutchinson went back to Britian -
Intolerable Acts
rights of colonists swept away; colonies' governments crushed; -
First Continental Congress
Declaration of Rights; The Association; boycott of British goods; tarring and feathering of those who went against The Association; -
Lexington and Concord
killed 8 Americans; colonists forced redcoats to retreat; 300 redcoat casualties; -
Quebec Act
thought of by colonists as reaction to Boston Massacre; French Canadians got more land; angered anti-Catholics; -
Second Continental Congress
continental army; George Washington commander; Olive Branch Petition; -
Bunker Hill
many British casualties; convinced king that this was war -
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
promised freedom to enslaved blacks; tightened slave patrols; 300 slaves on British side -
Declaration of Independence adopted
symbolic of American democracy; Emancipation of black slaves; paved the way for equality among men and women; Bill of Rights and Constitution to follow
