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Battler of lexington and conord
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Treaty of paris
The treaty of paris the france had lost all possessions in the North America.Spain got got all of the french lands west of the Mississippi Rivier,New orleans but lost Flordia to England. England got all of the French lands in Canada, the great lakes country the ohio river valley and flordia. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was betweeen the British and the French started in the 1600's. The war was fought over the Ohio river valley and fought also with their Native allies. -
Boston Tea Party
Sam Adams and the sons of Liberty had sent a message to the governor of Massachusetts. They were demanding that the British ships were carrying tea and had to leave the harbor.When the british refused they dressed like Mohawk Indians. The colonists stormed the ships,open the chest, and dumped the tea into the harbor under the full moon. -
Suagr Act
The Sugar Act was the first act for the American colonies by the British Parliament. The purpose was to revenue through the colonial customs service. The act had control the of the colonist trade. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax by the Bristish Parliament for the colonies or British America.It required that many printed things in the colonies had to be on stamp paper that was produced in London. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by the British soliders.This had accured because of the tension from the American colonies that had been growing from the royal troops. -
Parliament Passes Tea Act
The boycott on the tea was making the British East India Company lose money.The parliament cuts out the middle man to make the tea cheaper to convince the colonists to buy it.The colonists still continued to boycott the tea because their was still a tax on it. -
The first Continental Congress
The colonial leaders from the twelve colonies called a meeting in Philadelphia.The colonists had agreed to back up Massachusetts and boycott all of the british goods until the tolerable act was repealed.Each of the colonies had set up its own militia(army of civilians) -
Britain strikes back
The tolerable Act also known as the Coercive Acts.Parliament shut down the port of boston-no ship could enter or leave the harbor.The towns meetings that they had could only be held once a year without the governor's permission. This had also included teh quartering act. British soliders could force teh citizens to the house the troops in their home.