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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was call the Seven Years War. The first open hostilities between colonies and Great Britain. It lead in high taxes in the colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was attempt to isolate The Thirteen colonies. The Proclamation also created several British outposts. The Proclamation played on the fears of the Indians against colonists. -
The Sugar Act
The sugar Act reduced taxes on sugar by three pence per gallon. It also increased the number of products it taxed. It also restricted trade in the colonies. -
The Stamp Act
Parliament past a tax on stamp. They had no interest in listing to the concerns of the colonialists. The stamp act was Britain first attempt to control colonies. -
The quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act allowed the King
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The Townshend Act
This act taxed many things like oil, paint and tea. They did this to try and raise 40,000 pounds a year. The people of the colonies hated this due to the Stamp Act. -
The Boston Massacre
Many people were kill by British soldiers. They had nothing but snowballs and sticks. It let to the revolutionary war. The Boston massacre was tragic. So too was the tragic events of Northern Ireland. This incident involved British soldiers shooting dozens of unarmed people and killing 14. -
The tea Act
The Tea Act was attempt to flood the colonies with cheap tea. It was done the help the east India Company. Tea Act added taxes to prop-up a failed company so too did the U.S. Government give failed banks and other businesses in 2008. -
The Boston Tea Party
The people boycotted the ships of tea to refuse to pay the taxes on the tea. Do to the cheap tea. It directly let to the American Revolution. -
Coercive Acts
The coercive acts where four acts passed to restore order in Boston. -
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The First Continental Congress
This meting was done to try and resolve the ways to remove England from the colonies. I list of grievances was sent to England but no response was given. -
The shot herd round the world
The first shot heard around the world was in Boston. They shot a young boy. This lead to the revolutionary war. Just like the shot heard around the world to start the revolutionary war, so too did the shot heard around the world to start world war 2. This time instead of a young boy being shot it was the archduke Ferdinand on Sunday, 28 June 1914, at about 10:45 am. -
The second Continental Congress
The second Continental Congress created the continental army. They appointed George Washington as its commander. The Congress also started printing money.. The King at this time was still no longer listening to the colonies. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine openly challenged the authority of the King of England. His writing were in the commons man language. His writings were the first open plea for independence. -
The Declaration of Independance
This was our founding document of the United States democracy. It set out to declare our independence from England and establish our own country. Just like how the U.S. declared independence so did India declare it's independence from England in1929. -
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