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End of the French and Indian War
Left Britain in great debt and eager to avoid additonal wars with France -
Sugar Act
Earliest attempt by British to recoup the cost of the French and Indian War by levying new taxes on the colonists, whom they blamed for the war -
Stamp Act passed
Levied a tax on paper materials, which angered the colonist not due to its economic burden (which was light) but due to the predecedent it set for British dominance over the colonists -
Quatering (Mutiny) Act
Parliamnet said American colonists have to provide shelter and food to the permanent British troops stationed in the colonies. The colonists perceived this as an attack on their freedom. -
Sons of Liberty formed
This group terrorized stamp agents and burned stamps in protest of the Stamp Act, as well as boycotting the acts and intimidating colonists compliant with the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act Congress
meeting of delegates from nine colonies to petition the king to only tax the colonists through their own colonial assemblies, which was held in New York -
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Repeal of the Stamp Act
Parliament removed the Stamp Act to the colonists' delight. -
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Declaratory Act
Parliament declared its authority to pass laws that bound the colonists, but few colonists paid attention because they were celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
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Townshed Acts
A tax on various imported goods levied by Charles Townshed, which he thought was entirely reasonable the colonists' previously declared standards. -
Death of Charles Townshend
When Townshed died, his duties fell to the new PM, Lord North, who repealed almost all of the Townshed Duties. -
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Nonimportation Agreement
Merchants from Philadelphia, Boston, and New York joined against importation from Britian in protest of new taxes and stricter enforcement. -
Boston Massacre
British troop opened fire on a crowd of colonists in confusion/chaos, killing five men. This became a rallying cry for rebellious colonists. -
Repeal of Almost All of the Townshend Duties
The new Prime Minister, Lord North, repealed all of the Townshend Duties except for the tax on tea. -
Regulator Movement Quelled in NC
Uprising in the colony of NC of the colonists against the British governmental officials who were regarded by the colonists as corrupt and unfair and charging excessive fees. -
Gaspee Incident
A British ship for enforcing unpopular trade regulations ran aground and was subsequently ransacked and destroyed by colonists, leading to the Battle of Lexington and Concord -
"Commitee of Correspondence" proposed
John Adams suggested creating a committee to publicize the grievances against England. -
Tea Act
British East India Company established a monopoly on tea in America, which angered the colonists and lead to the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists, lead by the Sons of Liberty, destroyed large quantities of tea as an act of protest of taxes and new smuggling restrictions. -
Intolerable Act
These acts were intended to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by restricting gatherings of the colonists and closing the Boston Harbor until they paid for the tea among other things. -
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First Continental Congress
Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia in response to the Intolerable Acts -
Clashes at Lexington and Concord
This is beginning of the fighting of the Revolutionary War by the colonists versus the British.