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Navigation acts
Restricted colonial trade to England. This decreased dependence on foreign imported goods -
French and Indian War ends
France and the Native Americans are defeated by England and the colonists. -
Stamp Act Congress
Tax imposed on all official documents and papers. Colonists boycotted the stamp act and attacked tax collectors -
Boston Massacre
A group colonists attacked British soldiers with snowballs and rocks. The soldiers fired back and several colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
The act granted the company the right to ship tea directly to the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists who were mad at Britain for taxation without representation poured 342 chests of tea in the Boston harbor -
Coercive Act
Known as the Intolerable Acts was a string of four laws passed by British parliament to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
12 colonial delegates meet to organize a resistance to parliament coercive acts. They discussed the boycott of British goods to establish the rights of Americans. -
Lexington and Concord
These battles were the first of the American revolution. These battles persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support independence. -
Second Continental Congress
This was a meeting by all 13 colonies. During this meeting the delegates of each colony discussed raising armies, war strategy, and writing petitions. -
Declaration of Independence
The official act of all 13 colonies declaring independence from Britain -
Winter at Volley Forge
Valley forge was a great trial for American army and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed there hundreds died from disease. The winter was so cold wet and snowy many died from hunger. Hundreds froze to death because their clothes had worn out on the March to the valley