Events Leading To the American Revolution

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  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    French v.s British
    French and indians v.s British and Colonists
    The war caused the British to have lots of debt (the losing of money).
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    1754-1775

  • Proclomation of 1763

    King Goerge the Third prevented colonists from going west toward the Appalation mountains,because it costed money to protect the colonists from indians and he didnt want another war.The colonists did not think the king could not tell them where to go.

  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    British took over homes to be housed and taken care of.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    King taxed colonists on ALL papers.It was the first tax to be passed by britain.

  • Boston Massacare

    Many people protested in front of a british lawmaker house and a british soldier shot on accident and many other soldiers shot and left 5 colonists dead and 6 colonists wounded.

  • Boston Tea party

    2 colonists got on a british trade ship full of powdered tea and the colonists threw 9,000 pounds of the tea of the ship.Because of this the king made a rule that the colonists could only buy tea from the king.

  • First Contenintal Congress

    Delagates (representitives) get together to discuss the problem with the kings taxes.The colonists work together to come up with a solution for the taxes.