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Navigation Act
The Navigation Act 1663 (also called the Encouragement of trade, passed on July 27) required all european goods bound for america (or other countries) to be shipped threw england. -
French and Indian War
The french and indian war was the northen american theater of the worldwide seven year war. The war was fought between the colonies of Birtish american and new france, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countires of Great Bitain and france, as well as Native Americans allies. -
Stamp Act
An act of british parliment in 1756 that exacted revenue from the american colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to act's repeal 1766 and helped encouraged the revolutionary movement against th british crown. -
George III became king of Birtain
George the III was a king of Great Birtain and Ireland from october 25, 1760 until the union of the two countries on Janunary 1, 1801, after which he was king of the United Kingdom of Great Birtain and Ireland until his Death. -
Boston Tea Party
The boston tea party ( initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the tea in boston") was a political protest by the sons of liberty in boston, December 16, 1773. -
First Continental Congress
The first continental congress was a meeting of delegates from the twelve and thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to october 26, 1774 at Cartpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennyslyvania, early in the american revolution. -
The Second Continental Congress
The second continental congress was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting in gthe summer of 1775, in philadephia, pennyslyania, that, soon after warfare, declared the american revolutionary war had begun. -
The Declartion of Indepence
The declartion of indepence is a statement adopted by the second continental congress meeting in phildelphia, pennysylvania on July 4, 1776
