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American Revolution Build Up
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Treaty of Paris
British and their colonists win the French and Indian War. French cedes land to British. -
Sugar Act
British lowered taxes with hopes that smuggling would stop, but this angered many colonists were used to smuggling in goods with salvatory neglect. -
Stamp Act
English enforces taxes on any written notes on paper. Papers must have official stamp to prove that they have been approved. -
Quartering Act
Because of this Act, there were legal obligation to provide food and shelter to soldiers stationed in the colonies. -
Declaritory Act
Repeals the stamp act BUT it reaffirms Englands power in the colonies. Lets colonists know that England is still very much in charge of them and can make laws/tax colonists at will. -
Townshend Acts
Tax on paper, lead, paint, glass, and tea. These taxes are for the sole purpose of creating English revenue. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre is not exactly a massacre, but the Bostonians titled it this because they wanted it to seem like a terrible thing that the Britsh did to them. The colonists were taunting British soldiers and throwing ice, oyster shells, and rope making clubs at them. They kept daring the men to shoot the "unarmed" men, and when they did, chaos broke out. -
Tea Act
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. Tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies, and sold at a bargain price. The local merchants would get no business this way, and evrybody held out on buying the tea sitting in their harbors. -
BTP
Dumped tons and tons of tea into harbor -
Continental Congress
1st meeting of modern day congress, 1st time together as government -
Intolerable Acts
Took away Massachusetts right to self govern,
Closed port of Boston until tea was paid for
