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End of French and Indian War
british defeated the french and the fight over the Ohio River Valley -
proclamation
king george the 111 said coloninsts could not move west of appalachian mts.
-he did not want to have to keep protecting from indian attacks -
sugar act
tax on sugar/malasses -
stamp act
pequired special tax stamps for legal doc's news papers,dice,cards etc..... -
quartering act
fored colonies to house British soldiers stationed in the colonies -
townshend
-tax on imports like glass,paper and tea
-allowed officers to use writs of assistance to search colonial ships for smuggling goods -
Boston massacre
there was an altercation between citizens of bosten and british soldiers. the british soldiers shot and killed 5 citizens of bosten as a result of this altercation -
tea act
the sons of liberty dressed a mohawk indians snuck on to british east india co. ships and dumped tea into boston harbor -
The First continental Congress
A meeting of representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies met in philadelphia. they met to discuss the Intolerable Acts. demanded they be repealed -
Intolerable acts
punishment of MA. for Bosten tea party
-danned town meetings
-closed bosten harbor until tea was paid for
-new quarting act -
Paul Reveres ride
Paul Revere rode to lexington to worn that the british are coming -
Lexington and Concord
battle of lexington and concord. the first shot of the American Revolution.
