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Navigation Acts
the navigation acts were English laws that promoted, and developed, shipping trade back to England. -
molasses act
the molasses act was a British law passed in 1733 taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the north American colonies from non-British countries -
Fort Necessity
fort necessity, led by gorge Washington was a base built to defend them from the french. its mostly a defense post. -
French and Indian war
the french and Indian war was a war with not only the French and Indians but also the English. due to this 7 year long war (Aug 1756- Feb 1763) the British went bankrupt and started taxing. -
Sugar act
Sugar Act taxed most on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon. so its simmaler to the molasses act but it was not just with molasses and rum ETC it was mostly with sugar. -
Stamp Act
the stamp act was an act that made people get taxed for stamps. so the the owners newspaper businesses would get taxed and have to pay most of their profit and go bankrupted. -
declaratory acts
a Parliament binding the american colinies -
Town shed act
A tax on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. 5 basic necessities -
Boston massacre
a massacre that killed five unarmed people. a redcoat dropped his gun and it fired, so the rest of the redcoats fired as well. it wasn't until after the fires that the general said "FIRE" -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere's ride was when he was in riding and he saw the British coming and alerted others -
Quebec Act
a government for Canada was created and extended its territory -
First Continental Congress
a group of people who chose to met up to have a rival against the british -
General Gage takes over Boston
the prime military governor took over Boston -
Intolerable (as called by the Colonist) or Coercive (as called by the British)
laws set to punish the people of mass, for the Boston tea party. to make sure that all chests of tea where payed for. -
Quartering Act
the require mental to give food, water, housing, to British armed forces -
Olive Branch Petition
the Olive Branch Petition was a message to the king saying the colonist don't want to fight -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the battle of Battle of Bunker Hill or should be named battle of breeds Hill was a fight that British won but minutemen had to retreat because low of ammo -
Washington takes Boston
Washington takes Boston when the red coats are asleep he showed up with cannons and drove them out of boston -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the battles of these two were both British wins but the minutemen fought long and hard -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III
German soldiers who like to fight king hired over 30,000 of them -
Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold raised a 400 man Militia to seize Fort Ticonderoga in NY, but failled -
Second Continental Congress
the Second Continental Congress agreed to meet up if British did not address any complates -
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec then he turned in to the most known turn coat -
Administration of Justice
the maintaining of law and order using forces of the British government.