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Navigation Act
They were acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods. -
The French and Indian War ends
The English battled the French and the Indians. The British won. -
Stamp Act
It taxed all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists were throwing objects at British redcoats and the redcoats fired back killing five colonists and injuring a couple more. -
Tea Act
The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists boarded English vessels to throw tea into the Boston harbor to protest against “taxation without representation”. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
Second continental congress
delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War met to discuss about the country. -
Lexington and Concord
These were the first battles in the Revolutionary War. “The shot heard ‘round the world”. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The Americans wrote a letter or document to England saying that they want to be their own independent nation. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley forge was a winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
A battle in Northern New York that was the turning point in the war for the Americans. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown is where the British surrendered to the French and American thereby ending the war. -
U.S. Constitution Written
The 13 colonies made rules and standards for their new government. -
Constitution adopted
The rules for our government were now verified and made real and put into action.