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French/Indian war
began in 1754 the french and native americans were allies fighting against the british because of the land. -
Stamp Act
Was an act to put tax on the british colonies, the tax was put of newspapers, and legal commercial documents. -
Townshed Act
Were many laws given to the American colonies which were taxes placed on imports from other places the taxed mostly paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when british soldiers shot the colonist because they were being attacked by a mob of people throwing snow and stones at the soldiers. -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a protest by the american colonist, by going on ships and throwing cargo filled with tea of the ships and into the water, they did this to stop the tax on tea and imports. -
Tea Act
This act allowed tea to be imported straight to the american colonies without going through great britian which was used to saved the East india company. -
Intolerable acts
These laws were meant to be punishments for the massachusetts colonies for the protests of the tea party acts. By them trowing the tea in the oceans in protested them defying the british -
1st and 2nd continetnal congress
The 1st and continental congress was a meeting of delegates and the 2nd one was the new declaration of independence. Which meant that the british could not control them -
Lexington and Concord
Was the first battle of the American revolution. The battle began because the British believed that the french were keeping powder and guns in a location. -
Publishing of common sense
The book was to impact and help the colonist want to fight back. Its a book about why the colonies should fight for independence.
