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Updated: 28 Sep 2017
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Treaty of Paris.
France signed over its land in America.
England claimed the west and kicked
everybody out.Sugar Act
First Attempt to finance
defense of the colonies.Stamp act
colonists are forced to buy taxed paper goodsQuartering act
forces the colonists to house
the British soiliderssThe Virginia house of burgesses
passes the Virginia resolve.
This declined the taxing of
paper under the stamp actThe stamp act is repealed
due to the colonists revolting the act
it was repealedBritish troops land is Boston in
response to the growing
political unrest in the areaThe Boston massacre takes place
when a riot breaks out and
unarmed colonists are fired uponBoston tea party occurs after the
tax on tea is not removed over a
million dollars in thrown into
the harborDeclaration of independence is signed declaring
America free from British ruleCircular letter is adopted by the
Massachusetts House of
RepresentativesThe burning of Gaspee.
its an act of rebellion against the British.
Colonist burn the ship as
it passed ProvidenceThe shot heard around the world
this marks the beginning of the
American revolutionary warThe Townshend duties are made
to tax colonists on things
like glass, lead,
paint, tea, and paperTownshend duties are repealed
all taxes are removed, except tea
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