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French and Indian war
~Britain and the colonists just beat the French and Indians for the Ohio river valley land and fur trade.
~Increased taxes to pay for war
~Britain leaves troops in America -
Sugar Act
~ Britain needed money to pay off war
~Indirect tax added to sugar
~Britain's goal to decrease smuggling -
Quartering Act
~Requires Americans to house and feed British soldiers
~More expensive than tax to feed soldiers -
Stamp Act
~Tax on all printed goods
~Direct tax
~Colonists thought this violated rights
~Meet colonial resistance -
Townshed Act
~Replaced stamp act
~Tax on glass, paint, tea, lead, paper
~Money used to finance troops -
Boston Massacre
~ Street fight between patriots and British soldiers
~ 6 colonists died -
Tea Act
~ British east India company has monopoly over tea
~ Company going bankrupt
~ Increased taxes to offset loss of money -
Boston Tea Party
~ Colonists angry with tea act
~ Colonists dressed up as natives
~ Dumped over one million dollars of tea in harbor
~ Britain closes off harbor
~ Sends in 20,000 soldiers to limit revolts -
Shot heard 'Round the World
~ Rebels needed to slow down British soldiers while looking for stolen canons
~ Few local militia lined against hundreds of soldiers
~ Rebels lost badly -
2nd Continental congress
~ After Lexington and concord battle
~ Colonists argue makeup or war
~ Need help from rich and powerful colonists