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the French and Indian war
Great Britan went into debt because of the war and tried to pay the debt by taxing the American Colonists -
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From the French & Indian War to The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Sugar Act
The British taxed sugar and molasses to pay the debt from the French and Indian war causing the Colonists to cry no taxation without representation. -
The Boston Massacre
Rising tesions between the British soldiers and the Colonists in Boston culminated in an attack on the soldiers by angry Colonists which resulted in the death of five colonists -
The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty disgiused as Indians boarded a merchant ship in Boston harbor and dumped the tea into the harbor in protest of the tax on it -
The Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by Britain to punish the rebelious Colonists in Boston. These included giving the Royal Governor more power and imposing rules for quartering soldiers. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from each colony excepot Georgia that met in Phillladelphia to discuss what needed to be done about British policy towards the American Colonies. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
An attempt by General Gage to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, as well as confiscate ammunition that the colonists were stockpiling. The Colonists foiled the British plan because of the alarm riders who warned Adams and Hancock and spread the word of the British plan to minutement throughout the countryside
