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The End French and Indian War
"The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The
French received all land from the Mississippi River west, while the British received all
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Enforcing Trade Laws- Writ of Assistance
To increase revenue, new taxes were placed on the colonists in Massachusetts. They resorted to smuggling, which dropped English revenue. -
The Surgar Act
Parliament passed the Sugar Act that lowered taxes on Molasses,
Greenville later hoped that colonists would pay taxes to allow smuggled goods to be taken. The colonists felt violated by laws and taxes. They later also believed that in the law they should be innocent until proven guilty, given by trial by jury. -
The Stamp Act
The Virginia House of Burgess and Patrick Henry passed a resolution over the stamp act. Sam Adams and The Sons of Liberty burnt effigies of tax collectors in Boston -
The TownShed Act
The TownShed Act was to import taxes, taxes were paid even before colonist came they were first paid on things like glass, tea, and paper they were these things because they were really popular in homes. -
Trouble in Massachusetts
Britan found out that the colonist were rebelling against British cops, they did this because they felt like the British were making laws to control the colonist. -
Boston Massacure
A fight that broke out between the colonist and the British Readcoats.A colonist once said "We will not send for you. We will not have you here we'll get rid of you. We'll drive you away"-page 116
People in town also threw rocks and sticks at the readcoats to hurt them -
Spreading the news
When colonist used propaganda to influence opions, Sam Adams put posters of the Boston Massacure innocents died. -
The Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty/colonists threw 300 boxes of tea into the harbor in Boston in front of the British. -
Proclamation of King George III
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The Intolerable Acts
The Boston tea party spreads the word to KIng Geroege the III. Parliament set up the conceice acts so people began to ruin things . -
Colonist Millitas
Millitais protected their colonies and were vital to town defense -
The Battles of Concord and Lexington
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The Battle of Bunker Hill
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Choosing sides