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French & Indian war
The french and Indian war was against french, Indian and British for the Ohio river valley farm and hunting land after seven years the British won taking over the Ohio river valley and puts British in debt. -
The proclamation line of 1763
The line was a line for the colonists not to pass so they don't start a war with the anger native Americans and get more debt, they couldn't go into the newly acquired land (the Ohio river valley) and that made the colonists mad. -
Intolerable acts
These where many acts to more or less torture the colonists the acts where made of the following, parliament closed Boston harbor, allowed British soldiers to stay with colonists (in their houses), if a soldiers was convicted of a crime they went to Britain to be trialed. -
Sugar act
A three cent tax on sugar the Parliament passed to help with war debt, it wasn't the money for the colonists it was the fact that they didn't have any representation in Parliament. -
Stamp act
The stamp act was a act that called for all important documents like newspapers, birth certificates, almanacs, pan flits, court papers, even playing cards to have a taxed stamp on them. this really angered the colonists. -
Townshend acts
The townshend acts were taxes for war debt on imported goods from England such as tea, paper, glass, and paint. the colonists got angry and started boycotting the items, smuggling them and just not buying them in general. -
Boston massacre
a event where some colonist boys started throwing snow balls and waving clubs and some British soldiers the colonists dared the soldiers to fire there muskets the soldiers thought it was there leader telling them to fire they fired many colonists died and got wounded. -
Committees of correspondence
The committee was a way to share information with England, like crisis and news. Also to recreate bonds with the colonies for the american revolution. -
The tea act/ Boston tea party
Tax on east India tea and the colonist could only buy east India tea so some people in Boston dressed up as Mohawk Indians and boarded the ships with tea and tossed 342 crates of tea into the bay as a protest. -
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The first continental congress
A group of 12 people representing the states (minus Georgia) to discuss crisis's and the comity united the colonists and was their first form of government. -
Battles or Lexington and concord
A fight between the British and the colonists where the shot was heard around the world, the British was winning then the colonists seized the upper hand and won.
