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1764

jsaltsman — 2014-03-18 17:57:20 UTC

Sugar Act: Parliament raised the cost of sugar in the thirteen colonies.

1764

jsaltsman — 2014-03-20 16:53:55 UTC

Currency Act: The thirteen colonies ran out of money. The thirteen colonies were not allowed to make their own money

1765

jsaltsman — 2014-03-20 17:11:16 UTC

Quartering Act: The colonists had to house British troops in their houses and the troops did not have to pay or help.

1765

jsaltsman — 2014-03-21 17:42:48 UTC

Stamp Act: Parliament said that paper, legal documents, newspapers and playing cards. You had to have a stamp

1767

jsaltsman — 2014-03-21 17:48:47 UTC

Townsend Act: Named after Charles Townsend chancellor of exchequer. Tax on glass, tea, paint and lead.

1765

jsaltsman — 2014-04-11 16:22:13 UTC

Stamp Act Congress: The colonists met to try to make Parliament repeal the stamp act.

1770

jsaltsman — 2014-04-11 16:39:49 UTC

Boston Massacre: The colonists were provoking the British soldiers and the soldiers fired into the crowd killing 5 and wounding 6 others.

1773

jsaltsman — 2014-04-11 16:44:15 UTC

Boston Tea Party: Colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians dumped 3 shiploads pf tea into Boston Harbor. In response King George III shut down the harbor until the tea was paid for.

1775

jsaltsman — 2014-04-11 16:49:26 UTC

Lexington and Concord: This was the first battle of the American Revolution. At Lexington the British won and marched onto Concord, at Concord the Patriots forced the British to retreat

1754-1763

jsaltsman — 2014-04-24 17:11:14 UTC

French and Indian War: The French and Indian War cost Great Britain a lot of money so Parliament decided to tax the thirteen colonies to pay off their war debt.

1766

jsaltsman — 2014-04-25 16:52:31 UTC

The Declaratory Act: Parliament declared that all resolutions, votes and orders cannot be passed without permission from Great Britain.

1774

jsaltsman — 2014-04-25 17:05:25 UTC

The Boston Port Act: In response to the Boston Tea Party King George III shut down Boston Harbor.

1774

jsaltsman — 2014-04-25 17:13:25 UTC

The Quebec Act: This act would not allow the colonists to move north to Quebec.

1774

jsaltsman — 2014-04-25 18:04:41 UTC

First Continental Congress: The meeting was held in Carpenters Hall which is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A very important part of this was that Joseph Galloway of Pennsylvania proposed the plan of a Grand Council.

1775

jsaltsman — 2014-05-01 17:53:05 UTC

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride: Paul Revere rode to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists that the British were coming. Paul Revere was not the only one William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode also.

1775

jsaltsman — 2014-05-01 18:04:16 UTC

Second Continental Congress: This meeting was where George Washington was chosen as the commander in chief of the Continental Army.

1781

jsaltsman — 2014-05-01 18:08:57 UTC

Battle of Yorktown: This battle ended the American Revolution. This is one of the most remembered battle in American History