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French & Indian War
Seven year war between Britain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
Act that forbade all settlers to pass the Appalacian mountains. -
Sugar Act
Merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act is the name of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a law that required all colonial residents to pay a stamp tax on virtually every printed paper including legal documents, bills of sale, contracts, wills, advertising, pamphlets, almanacs, and even playing cards and dice. -
Quartering Act
Act that made citizens had to take soldiers in their house and take care of all their needs. -
Boston Massacre
Street fight which lead to riots and citizens dying because they threw stones and sticks at the soldiers. -
Tea Act
Act that made citizens have to buy tea only from Britian. -
Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard which led to the Coercive Acts. -
Paul Revere's ride
Revere rode around the village yelling "the red coats are coming". -
U.S. & Great Britain sign Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War. -
British troops leave New York City
The soldiers finally left New York. -
U.S. Constitution signed
Established America’s national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
