Allen Hunt

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
06/06/1754	French and Indian War	The freach and Indian war was fought between the French and Great Brittan. The reason it was fought was over who owened some rivers. the reason it was important to the revalotion was because without it there would have been no debt to pay off so the colonies would'nt be taxed.
10/07/1763	proclomation of 1763	This is were King george tried to solve the problem of the Indians killing settlers.wich said the settlers couldnt cross the appalachian mts. It didnt work because the settlers were already past the appalachian mts, The reason why this is important to the revolution because it made the settelers mad
03/22/1765	Stamp Act	The stamp act is were you had to put stamps on all paper for it to be right. The Brittish government had to make up for the debt from the french and indian war so they thought of the stamp act. This was important because without this they wouldnt have had to pay the taxes. Also they wouldnt have been as mad.
05/24/1765	Quartering Act	This was were King george said that the colonists should let the Brittish soldiers sleep in thier house and eat thier food. The reason this leed to the revolotion was it angered colonist that people to be in thier house that they didnt even want to have them there.
06/29/1767	Townshend Act	Townsend acts were a series of laws that the brittish put on the colonists. The thing they tried to do was raise money so they taxed goods the reason why this lead to the revoloution is it made rhe colonist angry with the taxes wich lead to boycots and riots.
03/05/1770	Boston Massacre	The Boston Massacre was a small riot of colinests and they got violent and started throwing chuncks of ice and rocks. Then the soldiers opened fire killing five people
05/10/1773	Tea Act	This act was passed to save the East Indian Trading Company wich was in debt because of the Dutch who were smuggeling tea.They took a warehouse full of tea that was so cheap that even when taxed it was cheaper. the reason this lead to the revoloutionary war was it angered the colonist because they didnt like the Brittish being so sneaky
12/16/1773	Boston Tea Party	This was were the sons of libety got on a trading boat and threw tea into the harbor. That was from the East Indian Trading Company. the importance of this event is it showed how willing some colonists to make the brittish leave.
03/31/1774	The intolerabel Acts	in this act they closed the boston harbor to punish massachusets for the Boston Tea Party. They also tried to punish all the other colonies to. The way this act fueled the revolotion is made the colonists very angery.
09/05/1774	First Continental Congress	This event was when the first congress meet to talk about the war.they meet in carpenters hall in Philidelphia. Ite was supposed to have been their response to the concerve acts. this shows a early sign of democracy wich made them hate Brittan even more
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
10/27/1750 to 10/27/1780	Revoloution buliders