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French and indian war
French and indian war The British won this war. But it ultiamtely left Britan in debt and when that happens they look to the united states of america for help. And it ended up making Americans very angery. -
Stamp act
Was the first tax on American Colonies. It taxed all legal papers, magazines, news papers. And all the revenue went to Britan -
Townshend revenue act
Parlment imposes taxes on many items imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
When a huge crowd of people assemble around a group of British soliders they start to unload on them killing five colonist. -
Tea act
Parlament makes British East India company the only one allowed to import tea to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Group of colonist dress as indians board british ships in boston and dump hundreds of crates of tea into the harbour -
First and second continental congress
Delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to parliaments coercive acts -
Intolerable Acts
The colonist named the laws passed by the british parlament the intolerable acts -
Lexinton and concord
This was the battle that started the american revolutionary war. Colonist were sick of all the taxes that were being forced upon them and on the night of the seize an arms cahce they sounded alarms when the hundreds of british troops were coming and they fought for their independence. -
Common sence
Thomas Paine publishes his short, highly popular book arguing for independence from Britan.
