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1754-1763
Britain sent troops to America in order to help the colonists win the war

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1764
One of the acts that Britain used to tax the colonists. Anything that was sugar, such as molasses was taxed.

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1765
An act made to aid soldiers fighting in the French and Indian war. Forced Americans to quarter British soldiers in their homes.

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1765
One of the acts that Britain used to tax the colonists. All printed material was taxed

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1766
Due to protests from the Sons of Liberty, the Stamp Act was repealed.

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1767
A tax on almost all general goods, such as glass, lead, paints, paper and tea.

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1768
Americans decide that they do not want to buy exports from Britain, in order to protest against taxes.

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1770
An incident used as colonist propaganda where a group of British soldiers accidentally fired into a crowd while being harassed.

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1770
Due to protest

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1773
Forced colonists to purchase tea from the British East India Company and no one else.

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1773
Because of the Tea Act, colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped the equivalent of $1,000,000 in today's money worth of tea into the Boston harbor.

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1774
As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed these acts to harm Boston specifically. These acts closed the port of Boston, essentially took away Massachusetts' charter putting it under direct British rule, and forced trials to take place in Europe instead of in the colonies. Thomas Gage enforced these acts.

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1774
The first secret meeting of the Continental Congress. Made the declaration of rights to combat the intolerable acts.

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1775
British troops were sent to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. 1st war of the Revolutionary war.

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1775
The 2nd secret meeting of the continental congress.
John Dickinson wrote and signed the Olive Branch petition, and almost a year later, the delegates voted on independence.

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A final attempt to avoid war with Great Britain. King George III declined the offer of peace.

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1776
Thomas Paine wrote his famous pamphlet Common Sense, that Outlined a lot of problems with America and how to fix them.

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1776
Taking inspiration from "Common Sense" Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was signed on July 4