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Chapter 5: Toward the War for American Independence

1756 Britain and France declare war

1759 Wolfe’s victory at Quebec: Britain controls the St. Lawrence

1763 Treaty of Paris: ends the Seven Years’ War

Pontiac’s Rebellion: Indians strike out in response to white westward migration

Proclamation of 1763: prohibits settlement west of the Appalachians

1764-65 Sugar Act and Stamp Act: Parliament’s first attempts to tax colonials directly

Quartering Act: Parliament orders the colonies to provide housing for British troops

1766 Repeal of the Stamp Act

Declaratory Act: Parliament affirms its authority

1767 Townshend Duties: Parliament’s third attempt at direct colonial taxation

Parliament suspends New York Assembly for refusing to comply with the Quartering Act

1770 Boston Massacre: British troops fire on civilians

Parliament repeals the Townshend Duties except for the tax on tea

1773 Boston Tea Party

1774 Coercive Acts: Parliament’s attempt to punish Massachusetts and undermine the resistance

First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia

1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord

1776 Publication of Common Sense

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