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French-Indian War
England owed a huge debt. Change from salutary neglect to mercantilism. 1756-1763 -
Stamp Act
An act to tax colonies; required all paper goods to have a special stamp to be valid -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to house British soldiers -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists -
Boston Tea Party
Outraged colonists dumped British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea -
Intolerable acts
Acts passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party, shut down Boston port -
First Continental Congress Meets & Sends Olive Branch Petition to King George III
Representatives of colonies come together to debate how they will react to the Intolerable Acts -
Second Continental Congress Meets
Marks the colonies uniting to fight the war -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
First battles of the American Revolution, "shot heard around the world" -
Declaration of Independence
The colonies stating they will be separating from Britain and why that is -
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
Common Sense is published, explaining all the reasons as to why the colonies should split from England -
Articles of Confederation
Ratified on March 1st, 1781; it served as the first "constitution" for the United States -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion
Veterans of the American Revolution attempted to overthrow the government in protest of not receiving compensation for their war efforts.
