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Date | Act | Outcome |
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1764 | Sugar Act | Although it reduced the tax on molasses, the Sugar Act was strictly enforced, so colonists ended up paying more taxes. |
1765 | Stamp Act | This tax on printed items was the first direct tax on the colonists. It added a fee to printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers. |
1765 | Quartering Act | Following the French and Indian War, Britain maintained a standing army in the colonies. This act required colonial assemblies to house and provision the soldiers. |
1766 | Declaratory Act | This act repealed the Stamp Act but asserted Parliament’s right to rule the colonies as it saw fit. |
1767 | Townshend Acts | Import taxes on a variety of goods were collected to support royal officials in the colonies, removing the responsibility from the colonial assemblies. They were so unpopular that all the taxes were repealed, except the one on tea. |
1773 | Tea Act | This act was created to save the East India Tea Company. Although it lowered the price of tea, it gave the company a monopoly and threatened the business of colonial importers. |
1774 | Intolerable Acts | Officially called the Coercive Acts, these laws were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The laws closed Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes. |
Date | Major Turning Point |
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1774 | September 5, First Continental Congress meets |
1775 | April 19, Battles of Lexington and Concord May 10, Second Continental Congress meets June 17, Battle of Bunker Hill |
1776 | January 9, Paine publishes Common Sense July 4, Declaration of Independence |
1777 | October 17, Patriots win at Saratoga |
Winter 1777–1778 | Baron Von Steuben trains the Continental Army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania |
1778 | February 6, France signs an alliance with the United States |
1780 | May, General Clinton captures 3,000 Patriot soldiers as he takes Charleston, South Carolina |
1781 | October 19, Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown |
1783 | September 3, Treaty of Paris signed |
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