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Proclamation of 1763
The American Colonists settled on French land. This then leads into the French and Indian War which the British take the win -
The stamp act
Parliament's first direct tax on the American colonies, this act, like those passed in 1764, was enacted to raise money for Britain. It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. People had to pay taxes on everyday items such as paper. -
Boston Massacre
he Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. -
The tea act
In 1773 Parliament passed a Tea Act designed to aid the financially troubled East India Company by granting it (1) a monopoly on all tea exported to the colonies, (2) an exemption on the export tax, and (3) a “drawback” (refund) on duties owed on certain surplus quantities of tea in its possession. -
The Boston Tea party
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. They were dumping all of the tea from the boat in the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable act
The Navy blocked the Boston Harbor. When the Navy blocked the Boston Harbor they did it because the king and the queen said that they did not want anyone passing through. -
Lexington and concord
Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. -
Bunker hill
The people were going at war and the Patriots ended up winning Bunker hill. -
Common sense
The people where getting angry and then started arguing about common sense. And they signed it. -
The Decoration of Independence
The colonies and the British worked together and made the Declaration of Independence and then they got it signed. -
Battle of Trenton and Princton
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The battle of Saratoga
This war is all about people fighting to get there independence and freedom. -
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Continental Army wintering Valley Forge
They where working together to make places to live and shelters on there journey. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The British and Cornwallis surrounded Goerge Washington.