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French and Indian War
The British won the war. -
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Events Leading to the Revoutionary War
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Proclamation of 1763
This forbade settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Many colonists took offense to this order -
Sugar Act
This raised the taxes on sugar imported from the West Indies -
Currency Act
Parliment argued that colonial currency was harming British trade. Therefore, they banned American assemblies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit. -
Committees of Correspondence
This helped spread information and propaganda through letters. -
Quartering Act
Britain ordered that colonists were to house and feed British soldiers. -
Stamp Act
This required tax stamps on many items and documents including playing cards, newspapers, and marriage licenses. -
Stamp Act Congress
27 delegates from nine colonies met in New York and made a statement of rights and grievances therefore bringing the colonies together. -
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
They took the law into their own hands enforcing these 'agreements' by using methods such as tar and feathering. -
Townshend Acts
These taxes were used to help make the colonial officials independent of the colonists and included taxes on glass, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The colonists and British soldiers fought openly in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists disguised as Indians dumped tea overboard from three ships in the Boston Harbor. -
Tea Act
British East India Company was given a monopoly to trade tea in America. -
Intolerable Acts
These acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party had taken place and placed restrictions on the colonists including outlawing town meetings and the closing of the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies met in Philidelphia. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops were ordered to Lexington and Concord to capture Samual Adams and John Hancock. Open fire occured in Lexington, and eight Americans were killed.British troops were forced out of Concord with seventy men dead.This was the first instance of open warfare. -
Second Continental Congress
All 13 colonies were reresented in Philidelphia in May.Gorge Washington was named head of Continental Army. -
Bunker Hill
Major victory for colonists resulted in George Washington III proclaiming the colonies in rebellion.
