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Albany Congress
Benjamin Franklin called for the British colonies to unit expecting a war with France in North America. -
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Causes of the American Revolution
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Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) [started ]
The British defeated the French and took Canad. France was no longer a threat to the English colonies in North America. -
Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) [end]
The British defeated the French and took Canad. France was no longer a threat to the English colonies in North America. -
Proclamation of 1763
the British prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Parliament passed a tax on colonial newspapers, pamphlets, books, legal documents, and even dice and playing cards. -
Siamp Act Congress
A special meeting was called to protest the British tax. A group known as the Sons of Liberty was formed to resist British policy. -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. -
the Declaratory Act
On the same day that Parliament removed the Stamp Act it passed a Declaratory Act stating that it had power to pass any laws governing the Ameracan colonies.