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road to revolution
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Treaty of Paris
The treaty of paris was signed to end the french and indian war -
Royal Proclamtion of 1763
King George the 3 told the colonist that they couldn't settle west of the appalachian moutains -
Tea Act
The king put a tax on tea to cover the cost of the french and indian war -
Stamp Act
A tax on printed materials to raise money -
Declaratory Act
Parliment passed this act stating that the stamp act to be repealed. -
Townshend Acts
Parliment put out an act stating that glass, tea, paper, and lead are to be taxed. -
Boston Massacre
An incedent in which soldiers opened fire on colonist killing a man named crispus attucks and four other colonist -
Boston Tea Party
The Son of Liberty dressed up like indians and threw tea over board -
Intolerable Acts
An act in which closed boston harbor -
1st Continental Congress
55 delegates got together to discuss the problems with Britan. They wrote a document asking parliment to repeal 13 of the acts passed since 1763 -
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere, Wentworth Cheswell, and Williams Dawes went riding around Lexington and Concord warning the minute men that the british are coming -
2nd Continental Congress
The delegates got together to discuss their independence from Great Britain
