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Signing of the Paris Treaty
Occured at the end of the Seven Year's War. France claimed all mainland of North American territories ( not including New Orleans). Britain claimed all land east of the Mississippi River. Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi River. -
Proclamation of 1763
George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Parliament required all legal documents, newspapers, and pamphlets required to use watermarked or "stamped" papers on where the levy was placed. -
Boston Massacre
A crowd began aggravating a group of soldiers guarding the customs house, when a soldier was knocked down by a snowball ,resulting in him opening fire. -
Tea Act
Parliament allowed the East Indian Company to sell tea directly to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
American patriots dump ove 9,000 pounds of East India Company tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
4 measures stopped self government in Massachussets. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First engagement of Revolutionary war -
Battle of Trenton, New Jersey
After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night. -
Battle of Princeton, NJ
George Washington stopped camp to prevent British advancement, later resulting in battle.
