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French and Indian War
It happened after multiple incidents happen in the upper Ohio, that both the British and French governments have claim as their own. It led to colonial discontent, as well as to the American Revolution. The reason being, was because both the French and British wanted to expand their colonies and gain global balance of power, into the land that was on the left of the Appalachian Mts. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was a proclamation that didn't allow colonial settlements on the west of the Appalachian Mts. It was caused by when the British decided to address an issue to by gathering all the Indians and checking the encroachment of settlers they have in their lands. After that it has just became one of the cornerstones of the Native American law. -
Sugar Act
The Molasses Act that had occurred in 1733 was just like the sugar act, so the British decided to renew it by having some changes being done to the taxes. Which has led to the very first tax that was enacted by the British against the colonists. -
Stamp Act
It was an act that made/force American colonists pay taxes for every piece of printed paper or document that they would use. It followed the taxation without representation act, that occurred in November 1765, which was a cause of the Revolution. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was passed by the Parliament. Officers from that had fought in the French and Indian War tried extremely hard to pay for the quartering, as well as they weren't able to supply their troops with food, water, equipment and journey. This cause violation to the Bill of Rights that occurred in 1689, so colonist argued the legality of the Quartering Act. -
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Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was when the English Parliament finally decided to cut the land taxes from the British. In trade or return, Charles Townshend promised that he would end up taxing the colonists. The cause of this was because the British didn't ave enough money to have provision for their own families. -
Boston Massacre
The people in Boston were starting to protests against the British taxation since 1765. They protested against the Stamp Act, as well as the Townshend Acts, however since they didn't see no change Governor Francis Bernard sent troop to Boston. This all came from an argument that was between the British Private Hugh White and a few colonists that were outside the Custom House in Boston, that later on escalated due to more colonists came to converge. -
Committees of correspondence
They were formed in the town and country levels, due to the verge of the American Revolution, as well as it was a vast network of communication. It was an important role to the Revolution, by spreading to he colonies and foreign governments colonial interpretation of British action. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed by the Parliament. It was to be the final spark for the revolutionary movement that was happening in Boston. It gave tea sales that were form the American colonies to the BEICT. -
Boston Tea Party
It was when they boarded 3 ships in the Boston harbor and threw overboard 342 chests of tea. This later on caused the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts that occurred in 1774 and made war happen sooner. -
Intolerable Acts
They were acts or laws that were passed to punish the colonist from the Boston Tea Party. Thus happened due to the colonist destroying a lot of tea during the Boston Tea Party, and the British wanted them to pay back for all of it to England. -
First Continental Congress
From all the 13 colonies, except for Georgia, the delegates met up in Philadelphia for the first ever First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. What led up to it was because the British government wanted to impose series measures, due to their resistance to the new taxes. -
Lexington and Concord
The French and Indian War, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, and as well as the Boston Tea Party all led up to the war/battle of Lexington and Concord to happen. Some British were sent to take weapons and run into an untrained militia. -
Second Continental Congress
It managed the Colonial war effort and moved steadily towards independence leading to the Declaration of Independence. Due to the First Continental Congress that met in Philadelphia, they wanted to better make it better. -
Common Sense
It was a pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote, that recommended or even advise the independence from the people of Great Britain in the 13 colonies. A step much closer to the Declaration of Independence ( July 4,1776). -
Declaration of Independence
A statement that was written by Thomas Jefferson declaring freedom for the 13 colonies from Great Britain. It was progressing or getting closer to the independence since the Second Continental Congress.