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French and Indian war
Land, natural Resources
War between France and England in the colonies -
Proclamation Line
The cost of the french and Indian war,controlled the colonies
Boundary to forbid the colonies from westward expansion -
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar
Tax on Everyday item and England had to pay for the french and Indian war
No taxation with representation -
Sons of Liberty
Vigilante group
Excessive taxes by the British
Tax collectors became afraid to do their jobs -
Stamp Act
Tax on newspaper,official documents
Money needed to pay for french and Indian war
Caused boycotts and riots -
Township Act
Tax on more everyday products
Pay for french and Indian war
Caused boycotts,riots and protests -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation between colonists and the British
British soldiers killed five colonists
Tension rising between the colonists and British
Colonists spread the news of violence over taxation -
Committees of Correspondence
Letter writing campaign to keep the colonists and the British
The civil unrest in Boston
Helps colonists unity -
Boston Tea Party
Dump crates of tea into the Boston harbor,dressed as natives
Excessive taxes on tea
Close Boston harbor -
Intolerable act
Act that closed the Boston harbor,taxed more goods
Boston tea party
1st congress declaration of colonial rights -
Quartering Act
Colonies must house the British soldiers
Boston tea party,Boston tea party-martial law
Increased tensions -
1st Continental Congress
12 colonies meet to discuss the treatment
Unfair treatment of the colonies by the British
Send a formal list of complaints the king George the lll -
Battle of Sara-toga
British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.
two battles that gave the coup de grace to the 1777 British invasion from Canada during the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Monmouth
British and German troops against the American Continental Army and Colonial Militia.
10,000 British troops against 11,000 Americans. -
Battle of Cow pens
American rifles, scorned by Britain’s professional soldiers, proved devastatingly effective in this engagement.
Americans suffered less than 100 casualties in the first Patriot victory to demonstrate that they could outfight a similar British force without any other factors
