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French and Indian War
1.)late may
2.)goerge washington started the war
3.)conflict over land -
treaty of Paris
british took last east of mississippi river
we took the rest and most of canada
the war was very costly -
proclaimation of 1763
british didnt allow settlers west of appilation mountians.
british were mad that colonists didnt want to pay for protection
colonist were finally hostile toward motherr ingland -
sugar act
tax on sugar
tax on mollassis
no one cared till they found ou tthat taxes were growing -
stamp act
tax on leagel documents
taxed all paper
was later boycotted -
writs of assistance
searching ships
merchants felt it was an invasion of privacy
colonists believed it was also and invasion of belongings -
townshed acts
tax on household items
later was boycotted
fadric and liquid are examples of what was taxed -
quartering act
forced people to let soilders stay in there home and eat sleep and live there for how ever long they want cause they didnt want to house them.
colonist HATED it
nothing could be done -
boston massacure
5 colonists died
a roit confrunted british soilders
paul revere made a policitail cartoon based on it -
tea act
stopped trade with british
prices for tea where WAY too high
this event led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773 -
Boston tea party
dumped a whole lot of tea away
dressed as indians
in the boston harbor -
intollerable acts
couldnt hold town meetings
port of boston
the first continential congress met