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| 10283368065 | Proclamation Line of 1763 | Issued by the King to prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachians; colonists ignored it | 0 | |
| 10283369829 | Sugar Act | Actually lowered the molasses tax, but increased enforcement and violators would not get jury trial | 1 | |
| 10283372666 | Stamp Act | Tax on a all printed goods; led to the formation of the sons of liberty and massive boycotts | 2 | |
| 10283376227 | French and Indian War | After this, Britain ended Salutary Neglect and began to more tightly control the colonies, which led to increased tension | 3 | |
| 10283379098 | No taxation without representation | Argument colonists made to justify not paying British taxes | 4 | |
| 10283384011 | Boston Massacre | British soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists; unclear what started the confrontation | 5 | |
| 10283385562 | Townshend Acts | Taxes on British imports including glass, lead, tea, and other common goods | 6 | |
| 10283387499 | Tea Act | Gave the British East India Company an exemption on the tea tax, which gave them an unfair advantage in the tea market | 7 | |
| 10283389372 | Boston Tea Party | Colonists dump tea in British open to protest Tea Act; organized by sons of liberty | 8 | |
| 10283394937 | Intolerable Acts | Passed in response to Boston Tea Party; Shut down Boston harbor, imposed martial law, and included a more severe Quartering Act | 9 | |
| 10283398898 | 1st Continental Congress | Colonial representatives gather and send the King a Declaration of Rights | 10 | |
| 10283400477 | Lexington and Concord | 1st shots of the Revolution | 11 | |
| 10283404233 | Common Sense | Pamphlet by Thomas Paine that argued in favor of Revolution; very persuasive | 12 | |
| 10283405293 | 2nd Continental Congress | First created the Olive Branch Petition; when that was rejected, created and signed the Declaration of Independence | 13 |
