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French and Indian war 1755-1763 |
war between Britian and france over land from Appalacians to Miss. River debt-> British won..Result: british in debt, tell colonists 2 pay more taxes to pay it off... **colonists paying for land the British took from them** |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
prevented colonists from settling in new lands-> more royal control... this angered the colonists |
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Sugar Acts (1764) |
Tax to pay for war->sugar, molasses.... this angered the colonists even more than the proclamation |
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Stamp Act (1765) |
Tax on written materials...result... Boycotted the british goods, taxation without representation-> no colonists from america in parlament... FORMED SONS OF LIBERTY |
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Sons of Liberty |
a group formed to protest and incite riots....result... a group was formed to protest and incite riots in mass., by Sam Adams |
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Stamp Act Congress (1765) |
wh-> 9 colonies discussed tax laws... result... boycotted stamped goods->unified colonists->stamp act repealed(canceled) |
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Townished Acts (1767) |
tax on imported goods only... Parlament sent soldiers to America (9,000)....result... like police for angry colonists riots start... soldiers destroyed colonial property |
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Boston Massacre(1770) |
when soldiers fired on a group of colonists and killed 5...Result... calling it a Massacre was an exadgeration to get colonists angry and more united |
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Committees of Correspondence (1772) |
group created by Sam Adams of Mass. of Boston to have colonies communicate with eachother (letters)...result...information was shared |
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Tea Act (1773) |
tax on tea-> british tried to undersell tea too colonists->cutting out colonial merchants..result... people boycotted British tea rather than buying it-> Boston Tea Party |
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Boston Tea Party (1773) |
sons of liberty stage a midnight ride on the british ships and dumped 542 chests of tea into the harbor...result... intolerable acts put in place by britian |
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Intolerable Acts (1774) |
closed boston harbor-> blocked it...look away legislature in boston... put in power a royal governor of british army |
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First Continental Congress (1774) |
12/13 colonies meet to discuss the problem with Britian in Philidelphia....result... formed minute men... decided not to trade with britian... prepare for war it needed-> hid weapons |
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Lexington and Conord (1775 April 18th) |
British sought a weapon stash to get rid of them -> and to capture two leaders= Sam Adams/ John Hancock............. 1st battle of war happens |
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Paul Reveres Ride (1775 April 19th) |
to warn people about the british coming-> dawes and prescott.... 1st battle of war happens |
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War Begins (1775 April 19th) |
minutemen clash with British in woods-> shot heard round the world... START OF REVOLUTION |
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Second Continental Congress (July 1776) |
Declaration of Independence written by thomas jeffererson and signed by 56 delegates from 13 colonies |
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