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French and Indian War
The start of the French and Indian War. -
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Top 10 events of American Independence
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Indian and French war ended
The end of the French and Indian war. -
The sugar act
Act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum and French wines. -
The Stamp Act
First direct British tax on American colonists. -
One of Patrick Henry's favorite speeches
Fiery orator and tireless champion of American independence who is best known for his speech ending with, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" He was an outspoken critic of the Stamp Act and introduced seven resolutions against it to the Virginia House of Burgesses. -
Townshend Acts
These laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
The boston Massacre
Shooting of five American colonists by British troops on March 5, 1770. One person, an African-American man named Crispus Attacks, was killed. -
The Boston Tea Party
Angry and frustrated at a new tax on tea, American colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty and disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships and dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into Boston harbor. -
The Continential Congress
Two groups of people from all over the 13 Colonies who came together to discuss liberty. -
George Washington named first commander in chief
First president of the United States, he also fought in the French and Indian War and was the commanding officer of the victorious American forces in the Revolutionary War.
