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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was also known as the seven year war. The war was over land and who had what land. The Treaty of Paris was the thing that ended the war. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed March 22, 1765. The British imposed the Stamp Act to re gain their money after they defended the Americans in the French and Indian war. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act -
Boston Massacre
In Boston at the time, there were 4,000 British soldiers with a population of 15,000 and the tension was very high. On March 5, on soldier fired a shot and so other soldiers did as well. This ended with five civilians laying dead or they were dying. https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/paul-revere%27s-engraving-boston-massacre-1770 -
Boston Tea Party
On December 13 of 1773, more than one hundred colonists dressed as Native Americans and they trespassed onto 3 different ships in the harbor. The reason they got on the ships was to dump 372 chests of tea from Britain into the water. That much tea amounts to 1.7 million dollars today. https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was created for multiple reasons. One reason was to announce the creation of the new country, America. The more important reason that the Declaration of Independence was created was that it stated all of the colonists rights to revolution. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration/what-does-it-say