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Navigation Acts
A set of acts that passed in the British Parliment -
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French and Indian War
Started in the ohio valley by George Washington
French won at first then the british started winning
The British finally beat the French and took over the Ohio Valley -
Proclamation of 1763
The king wouldn't let the colonist move further onto the land they just fought for. They boycotted king George. -
Sugar Act
The British started to tax molasses
The Colonist began to boycott the British -
Quartering Act
The colonist had to host 1500 soldiers feed them give the necessitates to live.
The colonist refused and made many of the soliders were made to sleep on there ships -
Stamp Act
The British made a tax on all printed paper.
The colonist again boycotted the British -
Declaratory Act
The British took the stamp act away. -
Townsend Act
The British put a tax on glass led paint and tea.
The colonist kept boycotting -
Boston Massacre
Colonist began throwing stuff at the soldiers and the soldiers shot and killed 5 people
The colonist protested the British -
Committees of Correspondents
Each colonie elect a person to be on the committee of correspondents -
Boston Tea Party
The colonist didn't like the tax on tea so the colonist like native Americans and threw all the tea into the harbor. -
Tea Act
Anybody who sold tea had to pay taxs. -
Intolerable Act
The British made a act meant to punish the Massachusetts colonist.
Made the colonist call the first congress. -
First Continental Congress
The colonist brought all the representatives from all the colonist except Georgia to talk about the British and the intolerable acts -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord to seize the colonist. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonist marched to bunker hill ready to fight the British. The colonist held off the British for so long but the colonist couldn't hold them for the victory. -
Second Continental Congress
Got together and decided that they should fight for there freedom. -
Thomas Paine's Common sense
Challenged the British government and the royal monarchy.
