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French and Indian War was ended after the Treaty of Paris was signed.
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This prohibits settlement west of the Appalachians.
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British Navy began to strictly enforce the Navigation Acts which directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies.
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The Sugar Act was enacted to cover the cost of the French and Indian War.
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Passed to prohibit the issuance of paper bills in the colonies.
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Colonial slogan started by James Otis.
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Boston merchants began to boycott luxury items made in Britain.
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First direct tax on American Colonies passed and will place a tax on all printed items.
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Passed to force colonists to provide housing to British soliders in America.
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Patrick Henry gives "treason" speech at the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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Massachusetts Assembly issues a circulur letter to the other coloniees to organize opposition to the Stamp Act.
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In Boston, the Sons of Liberty hang Andrew Oliver in effigy for enforcing the Stamp Act.
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The Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City.
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Stamp Act goes into effect.
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In the Stamp Act riots, violence was used to intimidate potential tax agents in New York City.
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Parliment repeals the Stamp Act.
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Declaratory Act passed after Stamp Act repealed.
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Parliament passes the Townshend Acts which include the New York Restraining Act, Customs Service Reform, & Townshend Duty Act places tax on items not made in the colonies (paint, paper, glass, lead and tea).
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Riots break out in New York when the colonists refuse to comply with the Declaratory Act.
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The New York legislature suspended (meaning no longer allowed to meet).
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Boston Sons of Liberty organized highly-effective boycott of British goods causing trade with Britain to decreased significantly.
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Samuel Adams and James Otis' circular letter opposing Townshend Acts sent to colonial assemblies.
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British Warship armed with 50 cannons sails into Boston harbor to protect threatened customs officials.
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Customs officials seize John Hancock's sloop (or sailboat) the "Liberty"
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British troops under the command of General Thomas Gage begin landing in Boston.
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non-importation agreements spread to Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina.
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Resolves of the House of Burgesses opposing British policies cause the governor to close the Virginia legislature.
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Colonists are killed in the Boston Massacre to the removal of British troops
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Repeal of Townshend Duties except for tax on tea.
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Anti-English Committee of Correspondance are formed in Boston
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Virginia also creates Committee of Intercolonial Correspondance.
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Tea Act went into effect.
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The Boston Tea Party is when people from Boston ruined all of the tea.
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At the Privy Council in London, Lord Alexander Wedderburn verbally attacked Bejamin Franklin accusing him of deliberately leaking letters in order to provoke colonial riots against the Crown.
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The Boston Port Act, which is one of the Intolerable Acts, closed the Boston Harbor.
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Thomas Gage replaces Hutchinson as Royal governor of Boston and additional troops arrive
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More Coercive Acts are passed and the Quatering Act is revised
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Quatering Act extended the boundaries of Canada by giving it land west of Appalachians and north of the Ohio River.
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First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and adjourns (meaning it is over) October 26.
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Continental Congress decides to create The Continental Assosiation to enforce boycotts.
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Parliament declares that Massachusetts colony is in open rebellion against England.
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Patrick Henry delivers his "give me liberty or give me death" speech
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Revere, Dawson, and Cheswell warn the "The British are coming!"
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"Shot heard 'round the world" are fired at Concord and Lexington.
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Second Continental Congress convenes (or meets) in Philadelphia.
