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French and Indian War
It was the beginning between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Sugar Act
Sugar Act led to outcries from colonial leaders who claimed "taxation without representation." -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America -
Townshend Acts
It was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
The BostonTea Party was the result of a resistance movement throughout British America. -
Quartering Act
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Forming of the First Continental Congress
It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) -
Commitee of Correspondents
The First Continental Congress was held because the colonists were very upset about the Intolerable Acts and the taxes -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The declaration of Independence urges people living in the colonies to throw out the tyrannical government in the hands of injustice king, George III
