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French and Indian War
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The French and Indian War was France's expansion of the Ohio River which made a conflict with the British claiming that land. It helped lead to the American Revolution because the war debt was the reason that they starting establishing taxes on the colonists in the first place. -
Proclamation of 1763
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The Proclamation of 1763 was a celebration of the colonies from the French and Indian War. It removed a lot of obstacles and opened up a lot of new opportunities for the colonists. It helped lead to the American Revolution because -
Stamp Act
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British who made all American colonists pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The money fromt the taxes was used to help pay the cost of protecting the American frontier. -
Townshend Acts
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The Townshend Acts were duties on new items including glass, tea, and other items in the Western Hemisphere -
Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a patriot group throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones at a group of British Soldiers. The British soldiers then got upset and started this fight. -
Tea Act
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The Tea Act would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
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The Boston Tea Party was a war because Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded 3 ships in the Boston harber and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. It helped lead to the American Revolution by starting the violent part of the revolution. -
Intolerable Acts
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The Intolerable Acts were to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three things they did that angered the colonists. -
Lexington and Concord
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Lexington and Concord was a battle that kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for a long time between the 13 American Colonies and the British authorities. -
Declaration of Independence
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The Declaration of Independence is the statement that the Continental Congress meeting announced that the thirteen Amerian colonies regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent states and no longer part of the British Empire.
