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The French and Indian War
In this war it was the French and Indians verses the British and the Colonists. They were fighting over land. After the war was over in1763 the British were in dept from the war so they started taxing the Colonists to pay off dept from the war. -
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Events Leading to the American Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
King George the III prevented the Colonists from going past the Appalachian mountains.King George the III did this because it costed money to protect the Colonists because they kept moving west. -
Quarting Act
King George the III made the Colonists let the British occupy thier homes because the British sodiers were protecting th Colonists so he thought it was fair. -
Stamp Act
King George the III taxed the Colonists on every piece of paper they used. This angerd the Colonists because they used it every day. This was a famous tax beacause it was one of Englands first tax to the Colonists. -
Boston Massacre
One day the British soliders were tierd of the Colonists calling them names like lobsterback and redcoats. A British soldier was stnding gaurd in front of a parlament's (law maker for the British) house. A crowd of Colonists stood infront of the soldier throwing things at him then a captin and twelve other men pointed thier guns at the Colonists. The captain said don't fire but a soldier thought he said fire so he shot then the other soldiers fierd. Five people died and six were injured. -
Boston Tea Party
King Georg the III let the Colonists buy from only one tea company. This angerd the Colonists becuase the tea was expensive. When the next shipment of tea came to the dock the Colonists dressed up as indians and dumped the tea over board. -
The First Continental Congess
The First Continental Congress was made because of the Colonists Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts was a series of laws passed by a parlament to punish the Colonists for acts like the Boston Tea Party. This was the straw thet broke the camels back.
