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Road to Revolution
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Start of French and Indian War
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The French and Indian war is thought to be the bloodiest war in the 18th century. The war was caused by a land and wealth argument between the French and the English. The English won the war. -
End of French and Indian War
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Proclomaion of 1763
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The proclamation of 1763 was good for he colonists, because it gave them new opportunities. Overall the Proclamation of 1763 allowed colonists to settle past the Appalatian Mountains. Since the English had won the French and Indian war, this gave them more land. -
Stamp Act
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The Stamp Act put taxes on using any paper in the colonies. This came about because the British needed money in a bad way. They had just been in an expensive, seven year war. -
Townshend Acts
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The Townshend acts occured because the British wanted to collect revenue from the colonies. They put taxes on the majority of imports to the colonies. They occured because the government waned power over the colonies, and taxing them was thier way of doing that. -
Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre happend when armed British soldiers fired at a group of unarmed colonists. This happened because the colonists had formed an angry mob, but they were unarmed. -
Tea Act
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The Tea Act was passed by the British government to put a tax on tea. The tax came about because the British wanted to limit the colonists from producing tea. -
Boston Tea Party
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At the Boston Tea Party, colonists dumped tea bags in the Boston Harbor.They did this to take a stand against the Tea Act, and some of the other Intolerable Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
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The inolerable acts were a set of four laws, that were more like punishments, set forth by King George III. The reason that the laws were passed was to aid the British governmen financially. -
Lexington and Concord
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The battle at Lexington and Concord was between the "Redcoats" or the British, and a militia that had risen. -
Declaration of Independence
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The Declaration of Independence was a document setting the colonies free from England. This was created because the British rule was unreasonable and rash.
