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The French and Indian war starts
The French and Indian war started which pitted the north American colonies of the British empire against the french. The American Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and their future.
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french and indian war ends
The French and Indian war finally ends after 9 years of fighting. It ended with the signing of the treaty of pairs by Great Britain, France, and Spain, with Portugal signing too. source https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-french-and-indian-war-ends -
proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was issued by king George III on October 7th, 1763. The Proclamation Line prohibited American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. source https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/proclamation-line-of-1763/#:~:text=The%20Proclamation%20Line%20of%201763,the%20French%20and%20Indian%20War. -
The sugar act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the parliament. The tax included sugar, wine, and coffee. it mainly affected business merchants and shippers. source https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sugar-and-stamp-act -
The stamp act
An act of the British parliament that made a tax on the British colonies in America. Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies, and they had to be paid in British currency. source https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sugar-and-stamp-acts.htm# -
quartering act
Colonists resented the Quartering Act as unjust taxation, as it required colonial legislatures to pay to house the troops. The patriots were very mad about this and made the snowball start rolling for the American Revolution. it ended March, 24, 1767. -
The Declaratory act
An act for the better securing the dependency of his citizens in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. -
the Boston massacre
group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them and throwing stuff at them. -
The Boston tea party
It was a protest where Americans poured a bunch of tea in the Boston harbor. It was caused by the tea act that happened in May. source https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
Battle of Bunker hill
The Patriots were defeated at the battle of bunker hill. they held their own against the British and then knew they could win the war. source https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-battle-of-bunker-hill.htm -
declaration of independence
it's the Americans claiming independence from Britain and being the united states of America. There was over 50 signature on it. -
attacking Trenton
the Americans begin to march to Trenton to fight without them knowing. they all start running into Trenton. Wasington won the battle of trenton. -
treaty of paris
signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America it officially ended the American Revolutionary War and the overall state of conflict between the two countries.