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Treaty of Paris of 1763
This treaty ended the French and Indian War and ended France as a power in North America. photo credit: www.candahistory.com -
Proclamation of 1763
prohibited settlement in the west Appalachian Mountains photo credit: www.history.com -
Stamp Act
the first direct tax to all Americans, and was a tax on all printed I terms photo credit:www.historicstjohnschurch.org -
Declaratory Act
Was approved after the stamp act repeal. And was an act which said that parliament had the right to tax and make desidetions “ IN ALL CASES.” photo credit:http://adamfletcherseries.com/ -
Townshend Act
( june-july)
Parliament passed the townshed act, placed tax on imported goods, and paid port at port. Things taxedincluded items the colonies didn’t have like paint, paper, glass, lead and tea.
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Boston Massacre
5 colonists were shot and killed which lead to the removal of British troops. photo credit: www.eyewitnesshistory.com -
Tea Act
To keep the british east india company from going out of business, and allowedthem to to sell directly to shop keepers, this act gave the India east company an advantage over merchants but the colonists felt like it was an attempt to control them so the colonists began boycotting British goods. photo credit: www.glogster.com -
Boston Tea Party
in the middle of the night sam adams and the boston sons of liberty dressed up as Indians and snuck on the ship and threw 342 the boxes of tea overboard. photo credit: http://www.britannica.com/ -
Intolerable Acts
parliament realized they were loosing control of the colonies and decided to punish Boston, so they passed the intolerable act that violated the colonists rights. They, closed Boston harbor, banned town meetings, and colonists were forced to house soldiers in their homes. they thought they would isolate boston but it backfired sense other colonies sent food and clothing to show their support. photo credit: www.cr-cath.pvt.k12.ia.us -
1st Continental Congress
met in philidelphia and discussed problems with britian they drafted a list of complaints asking parliament to repeal 13 acts that violatedcolonists’ rights. They also voted to boycott british goods. No british products could be brought into or consumed in the colonies and no colonial goods would be sent to Brittan. photo credit:www.bostonteapartyship.com photo credit: -
Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
a group of british soldiers were seen gathering in boston and revere, cheswell, and dawes were alreted so they rode to Lexington and warned Samuel adams, john hancock, and the militiamen. photo credit: twww.helibertyblog.org -
Lexington and Concord
The red coats reached Lexington and there were 70 militiaman waiting for them when the fight was over eight militiamen were killed but as they kept going on there were more militiamen waiting for them and they started running out of gun powder to continue many were killed but most were just injured.
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2nd Continental Congress
declared independence from Britain was a long way off and John Hancock was the president of the second continental congress there were 32 people total in this group photo credit: www.wvo-dill.de
