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tea act
The Act granted the Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain. this gave great Britain a great advantage to the British east India company. put lots of tee merchants out of business. lots of tea was thrown into the water. -
End of the French and Indian war
the 2 groups that were in the war was the french and the Indian.the British won the war and with the winning they got lots of land but also got lots a debt. they started taxing th colinest because of the war. this was a very significant incident because it increased the tension between the 2 groups and led them to push back against them. -
Townshend acts
the British and the colonists were the two groups involved. the britsh passed a series of 4 laws laying they have authority over the colonies. it also set up strict measures for collecting taxes in the colonies -
Stamp act
the people that were involved were the British and the colonists. the British put a tax on every piece of paper the colonist used. this included printed paper,ship paper, legal documents and others. it was important because the colonist refused to use the stamps and burned them and started rioting and later the act was repeals from congress. -
Boston Massacre
the two groups that were involved were the British troop and the colonist. the British troops quartered in Boston opened fire after being harassed by an angry mob of colonists. 5 of the colonists died from the British troops shooting. this caused the colonists to threaten their self government and protested what they considered, which was taxation without representation. -
Intolerable act
the Intolerable act was the British's response to the colonial protests. they passes a series of laws to punish them for what they did. especially in Massachusetts which took away the power of self-government. it was important because it took away the colonist rights away which made them mad. -
battle of bunker hill
the battle of bunker hill was fought between the British and the Americans. the British troops gathered on top of the hill. they fired first and they were very well trained and the Americans were not but they helped their own for a while but then they started ruining out of powder and the British advances and they won. -
Declaration of Independence
the declaration of independence gave the People certain Inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. this made the colonist very happy but the British were not happy because they could not control the colonist anymore and they did not have as much power over them. -
battle of Yorktown
the two groups involved were the British and the Americans. the commanders on the 2 groups were George Washington for america and or the brutish it was Charles Cornwallis.they fought for 3 weeks and The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation, the United States of America. -
treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary