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Founding of the Colonies
A bunch of people founded the 13 American colonies. This lead to the revoloution because eventually the colonies asked for independance. -
“No Taxation Without Representation”
anti-british slogan used to protest that if they arnt represented by the british then they cant be taxed by them. -
French and Indian War
The British and the native allies fought against the French and their native allies. This lead to the revolutinary war because the british started taxing the colonies to pay for the britishes debt caused by this war. -
Sugar Act/Quartering Act/Currency Act/Stamp Act
Laws that made the people buy from the British instead of smuggling. They made the laws more harsh if you were caugt smuggling. -
Sons of liberty
A an organization that was created in all the 13 colonies. This secret society was created to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonies didn't want to pay taxes for tea so the British threw colonists tea in the river to show if there not gonna pay taxes then there not gonna get tea. -
Boston Blockade
British closed a port in Boston and prevent the colonies from selling there goods. That means the colonies cant make $1 million dollars to pay for the tea lost in the tea party. -
Intlerable act
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Paul Reveres Ride
A american patriot roade through a bost town on a horse to alert the residents of a attack that is coming. -
Lexington and Concord
The 13 colonies started a fight that later ended in the revolutionary war. This war was when the colonies wanted independance. -
First Continental Congress
Twelve of the thirteen colonies had a meeting of delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
A book was written about when the colonies asked for independence. It was also the first book to ask for independence.It was written with plain words to speak to all the common people.
