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Treaty of Paris
The British won the French and Indian war #First of two treaties of Paris #Officialyended the French and Indian war -
Proclamation line
Imaginary line across the mountains #Colonists weren't allowed to go past the imaginary line #Many colonists who had already moved had to go back -
Sugar act
Pay French and Indian war #Taxes on sugar,molasses and other products #Taxation without representation is tyranny" -
Intolerable acts
Closed the Boston port #Troops could be housed in any house #Punish the massachusetts colony -
Stamp act
All documents needed a stamp #Had to pay in silver coins #Propoganda was hard to get out in public -
Townshend act
New York assembly was suspended #Tarrifs on many things like tea #Revenue act -
Boston Massacre
1,000 soldiers came to Boston # A fight broke out # First African American,Crispus Attucks to die in the revolution -
Boston Tea Party
many tea chests were thrown into the harbor #Protest by the Sons of Liberty #The British wanted the men arrested -
1st continental congress
No more intolerable acts #Banned trade with England #Colonies began training minutemen -
Patrick henrys Speech
"Give me liberty or give me death" #Speech in front of the House of Burgesses # A moving speech -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First battle of the war #The british had huge advantages #Troops move into Boston -
2nd Continental congress
No more trade with Britain #Agreed to a "Continental army" #Washington is leader -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle on a Hill #The militia isn't afraid to fight the British #The British win the battle -
Common sense
Thomas Paines work #Monarchies are corrupt #Its inconvenient for England to rule America thousand miles away -
Chains Event 3
Isabel finds about the plot on Washington #She could maybe be freed for what she knows #isabel tells Colonel Reagan about Locktons plot on Washington -
Chains event 1
Isabel and her sister are going to be taken to their new owners # Isabel's mom funeral # Rhode island to new york -
Chains event 2
Arriving to New York # The Locktons # Very different from Rhode island -
Chains Event 4
Isabel finds out that Mrs.Lockton sold Rudy #Isabel confronts Mrs Lockton #Ruby is sold away to the west indies -
Chains Event 5
"I for Insolence" #isabel is branded #It changes her both physically and mentally"