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Treaty of Paris of 1763
Signed by Great Britain, France and spain in agreenment after Britain's victory ending the French and Indian war. Photo: http://www.treatyofpariscenter.org/treaty-of-paris-period -
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Proclamation of 1763
King George III issued The Proclamation of 1763 to stop colonist settlements from going past the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian war. Photo: http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of -
The Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, King George the III and Parliament noticed that they were losing control of the colonies. They punished Boston by passing a series of laws called the Intolerable Acts thats violated the colonists' rights. Photo: http://www.cr-cath.pvt.k12.ia.us/lasalle/Resources/rev%20war%20websites/Andrew%20Caleb%20Matteson%20Rev%20war/Andrew%20Millsap%20Rev%20War/intolerable_act.html -
Stamp act
The Stamp act was another law that Parliament passed to make money, it placed a tax on almost every printed material in the colonies. All printed materials had to have a stamp from British officials. Photo: http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm -
Declaratory act
This law allowed Parliament to tax and make all decisions for all British colonies in all cases. Photo: http://adamfletcherseries.com/the-declaratory-act-1766/ -
Townshend acts
Parliament passed a series of laws which is known as the Townshend act. Photo: https://www.haikudeck.com/the-townshend-act-education-presentation-VKf6irJhUf -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre was a fight between the patriots and the British soldiers. A couple patriots started to throw sticks and stones at the British soldiers which angered them to a point where they started to shoot in a crownd killing five colonists and wounding many others. Photo: http://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening-age-reform/resources/boston-massacre-champney -
Tea Act
To keep the British East India Company from going out of business, Parliament passed the Tea act. The Tea act allowed the company to sell directly to shopkeepers at a lower price. Photo: http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act -
Boston Tea Party
Three tea ships were in the Boston Harbor, to dhow what they thought about the tea act Sam Adams and the Boston Sons of Liberty dressed up like Indians and snook onto the ships. They then threw 342 chests of Tea overboard. Photo: http://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party -
2nd Continental Congress
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1st Continental Congress
Colonial leaders started to find out that the colonies needed to work together to oppose the British policies. 12 of the 13 colonies' delegates met in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress to discuss problems with Britain. Major leaders from all the colonies also went to this Congress. Photo: http://www.historywiz.com/continentalcongress.htm -
Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
A group of British Soldiers were seen gathering in Boston. Paul Revere, Wentworth Cheswell, and William Dawes found out about them and rode to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams, John Hancock and everyone else that the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Photo: http://www.britishbattles.com/concord-lexington.htm
