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French and Indian War
War between Britain and the french using Indians as the middle man fought for land for the colonies. Put Britain in debt
America needed to help pay back the debt with taxes -
Sugar Act
tried to stop smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by lowering the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of taxes Did not stop smuggling, only made the 13 colones mad -
Stamp Act
Put tax on any printed material in the new world Made boycotts on those goods -
Townsend acts
placed new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
took away freedoms Colonists wont pay them
Outrage among colonists -
Boston Massacre
An Incident in which British Soldiers shot and Killed Americans in Boston Massive out rage
Troops from there on out were tried in Britain
Protests -
Boston Tea Party
Americans dressed as Indians boarded a ship in Boston and dumped most of the tea into the harbor Boston was punished
In turn all colonies were punished
Boston harbor was closed -
Intolerable acts
The acts took away self-governance and historic rights of Massachusetts
triggering outrage and resistance
They closed Boston Harbor
Gave away American Land Created reason for the secret continental congress -
First Continental Congress
The delegates had a discussion about how the colonies could respond to the British government's actions for the intolerable acts plan was proposed to create a Union of Great Britain and the Colonies
Delegates rejected it
They ultimately agreed to boycott British trade -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War Formed the continental congress
Gave Americans a glimpse of what could happen if they go to war -
"Common Sense"
Thomas Paine writes an inspirational pamphlet inspired a nation
got America to finally decide to declare independence