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The French And Indian War
The war was beteween the Britsh and the French.The war was a fight about control of land in North America. It was also called the Seven Years war even though it lasted nine years. The war lasted from 1754-1763. it was in India; North America; and the Carribean.The impact on history was that the Britsh won and they took control of all French lands.Then the king was in huge debt because of the war. -
The Sugar Act
The act was created by King George the third and Parliment. They were in a huge debt because of the war so they had to tax people. The coloniests thoght that the sugar act was awful. This happend on April 5, 1764 in North America. The impact was that they created boycotts and protests. They were really annoyed by the sugar act. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was imprtant part of history. The Boston Massacre was on March 5, 1775. This happend on the street of Boston. The reason why this happend was because King George the third sent Britsh troops to the colonies and the coloniests were really mad. So they pelted the britsh troops with snowballs and other things. The britsh troops were so mad at the coloniests that they shooted their guns and 5 coloniests were killed. This event was a disaster. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was a tax that Parliment and King George III put. It was first the sugar act but then it go changed to the tea act where parliment taxed the coloniests on tea to show that Parliment still had the right to tax people.It was in Boston, Massachucets. The impact on history created the biggest disater yet. The Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a very important part of the American Rev. It was on December 16,1773 in Boston, Massachusetts. The reason why they did this was because the coloniests were very mad at King George the third. So, they wanted to show that you can not mess with them. Then, the Sons of liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and threw 340 crates of sea into the Boston Harbor. King George was very mad so he passed the Intolerbale Acts. This became known as the Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerble Acts
The Intolerble Acts was a bunch of laws that affected the coloinests. The reason why this happened was because the King and Parliment was so fed up with the colniests about the Boston Tea Party he made a bunch of laws. This happend on March 5, 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts. One of these acts was the Boston Port Act this act was to close the Boston Harbor for all shipping needs. This angerd the coloniests so much. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of 56 delegets from differnt colonies and they met up. The reason that they wanted to meet up was because they were unhappy with the taxes that Parliment and King George the third was making. They wanted Freedom and independence. They said that if things did not go better then they would meet again. -
The Ride of Paul Revere
The ride of Paul Revere was where Paul Revere and his three friends went from CharlesTown to Lexington to warn the people there that the British were coming. The reason why he did that was because the partriots could get alarmed and surround the Britsh. This happend on April 18,1775.This piece of history led to the Batltle of Lexington Concord. This was an important part of history. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a group that voted and asked questions.This happend on May 10, 1775. They wanted to do it because things were still not going well with the Britsh so they put their foot down and did something about it. They wanted to be free. And when they met up the first time they agreed that if things still did not go well with the britsh they would meet up again and that what happend. The impact on history was that this led up to the Declaration of independence. -
The Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a letter wriiten from the Second Continental Congress. The letter clearly stated that they wanted to be their own country and have independence. The coloniests were really happy about this. King George was so mad at them. The first draft of the Declaration of independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. The King refused this and this started the American Revolutinary War.
