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the french & Indian war
The French and Indian War
Date(s): 1754-1763
Description:
The French and Indian war was in 5 continents.The french and the British were taking all the land and left nothing for the Native Americans.French and British were both claiming land on the Ohio valley. -
The Sugar Act
The British government passed the sugar act .The British taxed the colonists 3 cents .the colonists quote was "No taxation without representation".The colonists were mad that they did not have a voice in the government . -
The Stamp act
Stamps were placed on to court papers , newspapers , and even playing cards .parliament passed the stamp act because they needed money to pay for the troops that were fighting on the parliament line .the colonists were mad because there was British troops were put in there colonies and they were being taxed unfairly because they don't have no say . -
Sons of liberty
Date(s): Summer of 1765
Description:The Sons of Liberty was an well-organized organization that was to protect the colonists rights and fight taxation from the British government -
Town Shend acts
Date(s): 1767
Description:
colonies could do very little because they had no say in the government .colonists protested by holding demonstrations to show there dis-improvement about the taxes .because of this act lots of merchants were losing money . -
The Boston Massacre
Date(s): 1770 march 5th
Description:there was a crowd of colonists threatening troops .about 100 colonists went toward the troops .1 soldier was hit with a club .snowballs ,ice ,oyster shells were getting thrown at the troops .some one from behind them yelled "Damn your bloods why don't you fire ".29 soldiers fired and killed 5 unlucky colonists . -
The Tea Act
Date(s):1773
Description: The Tea Act was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on May 10.the tea act was created to help the E.I.C .the E.I.C had about " 18 million pounds of unsold tea".NY and Philadelphia refused to let the tea in and sent them back to England ,Charleston left the tea on the docks to rot .Boston allowed the ships of tea to deck but refused to let them unload and refused to pay taxes on the tea that they don't want . -
The Boston Tea Party
Date(s): December 16th 1773
Description:sons of liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 340 chests of tea into the Boston harbor . -
The Intolerable Acts
Date(s): 1774
Description:the government was mad about the Boston tea party and the coercive acts was a punishment for the Boston tea party .the colonists renamed the coercive acts the intolerable acts -
The First Continental Congress
Date(s): Sept.5 to Oct.26th 1774
Description:
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of important people from twelve out of the Thirteen Colonies who met from Sep 5 - Oct 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Date(s): April 19, 1775
Description:The Battles of Lexington and Concord was violent and was known as "the shot heard around the world ".8 colonists died
