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Signing the Treaty of Paris
Ending the Seven Year’s War, also known as the French and Indian War in North America. France ceded all mainland North American territories, except New Orleans, in order to retain her Caribbean sugar islands. Britain gained all territory east of the Mississippi River; Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi, but exchanged East and West Florida for Cuba. -
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American Revolution Events
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Proclamation of 1763
Wary of the cost of defending the colonies, George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian mountains without guarantees of security from local Native American nations. The intervention in colonial affairs offended the thirteen colonies' claim to the exclusive right to govern lands to their west. -
Sugar Act
The first attempt to finance the defence of the colonies by the British Government. In order to deter smuggling and to encourage the production of British rum, taxes on molasses were dropped; a levy was placed on foreign Madeira wine and colonial exports of iron, lumber and other goods had to pass first through Britain and British customs. The Act established a Vice-Admiralty Court in Halifax, Nova Scotia to hear smuggling cases without jury and with the presumption of guilt. These measures led -
Stamp Act
Seeking to defray some of the costs of garrisoning the colonies, Parliament required all legal documents, newspapers and pamphlets required to use watermarked, or 'stamped' paper on which a levy was placed. -
Declaritory Act
Parliament finalises the repeal of the Stamp Act, but declares that it has the right to tax colonies -
British Troops Arrive in Boston
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Boston Massacre
Angered by the presence of troops and Britain's colonial policy, a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house; a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians. -
Tea Act
In an effort to support the ailing East India Company, Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies. Americans resented what they saw as an indirect tax subsidising a British company. -
Boston Tea Party
Angered by the Tea Acts, American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians dump £9,000 of East India Company tea into the Boston harbour. -
France provides covert aid to the Americans
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Continental Congress issues the Declaration of Independence
The Delclaration of Independence was made and signed. -
Battle of Saratoga
During the Revolutionary War, one of the most key events that happened was the Battle of Saratoga. In the battle of saratoga, they fought 18 days apart of the fall of 1777. The two battles of Saratoga was the turning point in the American Revolution. The first battle was September 19th, 1777 and the second one was held on October 7th 1777. https://docs.google.com/a/newtechhigh.org/document/d/1aPJnKn-ZUMptZMlA_ooj5Stv7uOcPuYL7BRfq9Q6_z8/edit -
France recognises US Independence.
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Treaty of Paris
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Adoption of the American Constitution
People started using and living under the constitution made in 1776.