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French and indian war
The cause of the war was that the English colonists want to expand west but the french and indians resist. The French and Indian war lasted seven years. This war ended with the english victorious and this caused the french and the indians to move farther west. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
It was created after the seven years war it prevented the colonists to move past an imaginary line than ran down the appalachian mountains. The colonies did not like the proclamation because it prevented them from moving west even though they had fought the french and indian war themselves. -
The Suar Act
The sugar act was put in place by the english government, this law put a tax on sugar and molasses. This was to make money to pay off england's war debt. It caused the worst problems in the northern colonies, because it hindered the rum making industries. The colonies smuggled goods. -
The Stamp act
England put taxes on paper goods which required all paper goods to have an english stamp on them in order for them to be legal. In order to stop the stamp act the sons of liberty harassed stamp agents the initiating of the stamp act caused the first continental congress. -
Quartering act
This law forced colonists to house, feed, and otherwise tend to all needs of the british soldiers. -
Stamp act congress
Delegates from all colonies gathered together to work through the standing problems of taxes in the colonies they wrote the olive branch petition during this meeting. This meeting was held in Philadelphia.
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Declaratory Act
This act was pt in place after the stamp act to say that the colonies were under the british government and the british had the right t tax them and rule them. -
Townshend Acts
Parliament imposed another acts this was the townshend acts, which placed a tax on lead, paper, glass,and tea. This tax was primarily for money which would be pent paying off debt from the french and indian war. The colonist did not like it and began to resist. -
boston massacre
~ Colonists protested
~ british fired into the mob
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boston tea party
Samuel adams and his sons of liberty were the people that poured the tea in the harbor. They did this because of the tax on tea as well as the other taxes.
~ The british ha shipped in a lot of tea to sell to the colonists , ut they didn't want it.
~ So the sons of liberty dressed up as indians and poured all the tea out.
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Boston tea party
The sons of liberty started things off. The tea act and other taxes led up to this event.
~ the colonists did not like the taxes and acts
~ so they duped lots of tea n the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
The coastal and northern colonies are mainly affected. Tese laws were put in place to punish the colonists. The colonies resisted. -
the first continental congress
The colonies all sent delegates to meet in philadelphia, they wrote the olive branch petition to try to keep peace. They had wanted to talk about the war that wasn't a war yet. -
Quebec Act
It took over some indian land, the colonists were not supportive because it is like the other acts that limit them.
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second continental congress
a, all the colonies sent delegates
b. Pennsylvania
c. to declare or talk about declaring independence
d. olive branch petition, and declaration of independence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress -
common sense
a. thomas paine
b. he said we needed to work for our country
c. boosted countries morale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet) -
battle of lexington and concord
Tensions had been increasing and this was the first battle of the war.
I. the british wanted land and the colonists back under their rule.
II. the militia fought
III.10 americans, 250 british
This was the beginning of the war.
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_Americans_died_in_the_battle_of_Lexington_and_Concord_in_1775 -
The battle of bunker hill
a. bunker hill
b. it was the battle where the british had to advance and retreat twice to beat the colonies.
c. it gave the colonists confidence -
Declaration ofindependence
a. thomas jefferson
b. July 4, 1776
c. gave merica independence from britain
d. they were treating us unfairly we wanted to be free
e. patriots liked it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
