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PROCLAMATION OF 1763
THIS PROCLAMATION DID NOT ALLOW COLONISTS TO SETTLE WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FEARED THE CONFLICT BETWEEN COLONISTS AND NATIVE AMERICANS WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER WAR. THEY ALSO COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY BRITISH TROOPS TO DEFEND THE WESTERN LANDS. COLONISTS WERE ENRAGED BY THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY HAD WON THE RIGHT TO SETTLE IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLY AFTER WINNING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR -
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ROAD TO REVOLUTION
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SUGAR ACT
SUGAR ACT PLACED A TAX ON SUGAR MOLASSES AND OTHER IMPORTANT GOODS. IT ALSO CALLED FOR STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF ACT AND HARSH PUNISHMENT OF SMUGGLERS -
QUARTERING ACT
PARLIAMENT PASSED QUARTERING ACT THAT REQUIRES COLONISTS TO HOUSE BRITISH SOLIDERS AND PROVIDE BRITISH SOLIDERS WITH SUPPLIES -
STAMP ACT
PARLIAMENT PASSES THE STAMP ACT AT 1765 WHICH SAYS ALL COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS MUST CARRY AN OFFICIAL STAMP WHICH SHOWS A TAX HAS BEEN PAID -
TOWNSHEND ACT
TO RAISE REVENUE, PARLIAMENT PASSES TOWNSHEND ACT ----PLACES DUTIES OR IMPORT TAXES ON GLASS, PAINT, LEAD, TEA AND OTHER GOODS -
THE BOSTON MASSACRE
ON MARCH 5 , A FIGHT STARTS BETWEEN COLONISTS AND BRITISH SOLIDERS. BRITISH SOLIDERS FIRE ON COLONISTS. FIVE COLONISTS HAS BEEN KILLED -
TEA ACT
THE TEA ACT GAVE THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY CONTROL OVER THE AMERICAN TEA TRADE, AMERICAN COLONISTS COULD BUY NO TEA UNLESS IT IS CAME FROM BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY. AND COLONISTS HAVE TO PAY TAX ON IT -
BOSTON TEA PARTY
COLONISTS AGAINST THE TEA ACT. ON THE NIGHT OF 16/12/1773 A GROUP OF MEN BOARDED THREE TEA SHIP AND DESTROYED THE TEAS -
INTOLERABLE ACTS
FOR THE REASON OF BOSTON TEA PARTY. PARLIAMENT PASSED THE ACT WHICH CLOSE THE BOSTON HARBOR AND ALLOW BRITISH TO HOUSE TROOPS WHEREVER NECCESSARY AND ALLOW BRITISH OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF CRIMES TO STAND TRIAL IN BRITAIN UNTIL COLONISTS PAY FOR DESTROYED TEA -
THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MEETS
COLONIAL DELEGATES MEET AT THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRASS THEY VOTE TO TRADE WITH BRITAIN UNTIL THE INTOLERABLE ARE REPEALED AND THEY CALL ON EACH COLONY TO BEGIN TRAINING TROOPS, THEY HOPED THAT A BOYCOTT WOULD FORCE BRITAIN TO REPEAL INTOLERABLE ACTS -
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
700 BRITISH TROOPS MOVED TO LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. IT'S THE FIRST BATTLE OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR.BRITISH TROOP THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND COLONISTS WIN THE BATTLE OF CONCORD. -
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
BRITISH SEND 2200SOLIDERS TO BUNKER HILL TO FIGHT WITH COLONISTS. FINALLY BRITISH WIN, BUT THEY LOSE MORE THAN 1000 SOLIDERS. THEY LOSE MORE THAN THEY EARN -
DECLARATION OF TNDEPENDENCE
JULY 4 1776 CONGRASS ADOPTED THE PROCLAIMED INDEPENDENCE WHICH TELLS THE KING AND THE WORLD THAT AMERICAN IS REVOLUTION IT GIVES PEOPLE THE RIGHTS TO TAKE OVER THE GOVERNMENT IF GOVERNMENT CAN NOT PROTECE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND PEOPLE CAN FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT THAT WILL PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS. THERE ARE FIVE PARTS---1. PREAMBLE
2.THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO CONTROL THEIR GOVENMENT
3.TYRANNICAL ACTS OF THE BRITISH KING
4.EFFORTS OF THE COLONIES TO AVOID SEPERATION
5. THE COLONISTS ARE DECLARED FREE AND
