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French and indians war
The english wanted to expand west but the french had territory i the west. The british promised native americans for help and promised them land if they won the war.THe british and the french fought for seven years and the war ended in the english winning and taking land from the french. Since the british won they gave to indians land, which was the land over the appalachian mountains. -
proclamation of 1763
The act reserved land west for the Appalachian mountains for Indians. England began to increase taxes on colonists to help pay for war debt -
Sugar act
Prime minister George Grenville enforced the sugar act.England decided to take sugar and molasses to make more profit off the colonists.The law made the colonist mad and they did not pay the tax. -
Stamp act
Prime minister George Grenville enforced the stamp act. The stamp act required a stamp on all documents and the colonists had to pay a direct tax the British. The colonists began to rebel and a colonial group called the sons of liberty began to harass British stamp agents. The colonist and the british met in NY and discussed the stamp act. The colonist thought that they shouldn't be taxed because the had no government to help them.Both parties came to the conclusion to repeal the stamp act. -
Quartering act
The quartering act required colonies to let british soldiers live,eat and bathe at their homes. -
Stamp act congress
The colonist and the British met in NY and discussed the stamp act. The colonist thought that they shouldn't be taxed because the had no government to help them.Both parties came to the conclusion to repeal the stamp act. -
Declaratory act
Parliament repealed the stamp act and declared it had the right to rule and tax the colonies. -
Townshend acts
Charles townshed was getting fed up with colonies and passed the townshed act. The act taxed goods and made the law "writs of assistance which allowed officers to search a house at any time for smuggled goods. The tax money was used to defray imperial expenses. The colonies as a act of rebellion started protesting and began to smuggle goods from other countries. -
Boston Massacre
-colonist began to protest and the protest got out of hand
-The british shot at the crowed
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Boston tea party
The sons of liberty dumped british tea into the boston harbor.This event happened due to the unfair taxes by the british and the boston massacre.
-The sons of liberty boarded british ships dressed as indians
-The sons of liberty dumps nearly a thousand dollars worth of tea in to harbor.
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Quebec Act
The act was used by the british to set up base in quebec and to expand their power.The colonist were angry because they lost land in the process. -
Intolerable acts
The boston harbor was mainly affected by the act. The acts were a punishment by the british to the colonist for committing the boston tea party. The colonist in response had first continental congress. -
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First Continental congress
The 12 of the 13 colonies came to the congress (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode island, Connecticut, new york,Pennsylvania,Delaware,Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,South Carolina).Our future founding father also attended such as Thomas Jefferson George Washington, Samuel Adams and John Adams. The colonies met in philadelphia to discuss the idea of forming a continental army to fight the british.The congress agreed to form army in the end. -
Battle Of lexington and concord
The british were after smuggles and smuggled weapons.When The british reached there location they were surprised by 70 minutemen.Both sides had casualties.The battle was considered the first battle of the revolutionary war. -
Common sense
Common sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Pan saying that if your are being mistreated and oppressed by your government then you have the right to rebel against it. This pamphlet inspired the declaration of independence which uses quotes from common sense. -
Battle of bunker hill
The battle occurred in boston and began when the redcoats stormed the hill 3 times but in the end they were forced to retreat. The british won but gave colonists confidence that they could win the war. -
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Second continental congress
The 13 of the 13 colonies came to the congress (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode island, Connecticut, new york,Pennsylvania,Delaware,Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,South Carolina,Georgia ).Our founding father also attended such as Thomas Jefferson George Washington, Samuel Adams and John Adams.The colonies met in philadelphia.The colonies decided to declare independence from the british.The colonies wrote the declaration of independence and the olive branch petition. -
Declaration of independence
The declaration of independence was written by thomas jefferson and was signed on july 2 1776. The document formally announced the break with england. The main ideas included inalienable rights, unfair taxes and laws and a breach in the social contract. The colonitsapproved of the document and wanted to breakaway from england. -
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