Jocelyn Sapp

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/27/1755	French and Indian War	This war was part of a long struggle between France and Britain for territory and power. Because many Native Americans fought with France in this latest conflict, the colonist called it the French and Indian war.Because of the French and Indian war they have begun taxing more things which is going to make the colonist mad.
10/27/1763	Proclamation of 1763	The Proclamation of 1763 was a time period in which the British government faced a number of problems like how to keep the colonist and Native Americans from fighting. The colonist were accusing the king of tyranny and abuse of power and the lands were mostly settled on the east side of the Appalachian mounains. The only place farmers could farm was the west side. That is the Proclamation of 1763.
10/28/1765	Stamp Act	The Stamp Act is the idea where they made everyone buy a stamp for every peice of paper they used. They did that because the British government had large debts to pay off from the French and Indian war. The people throught it wasnt right they were being taxed so they said No Taxation without representation.
10/30/1765	Quartering Act	The Quartering Act was a law, this law ordered that colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters, or housing. The Quartering Act lead to the Revolution because, of course providing for the soliders cost money and the soliders just took up space.. The British government refused to let the assembly meet until they agreed to obey the Quartering Act. Then teampers began to rise on both sides of the Atlantic.
10/30/1767	Townshend Acts	The Townshed Act, laws were passed becasue Champagne Charlie was asked by the Parliament to make the colonys pay for the army.The Townshend Act lead to the Revolution because King George wasn't ready to give up on the idea of taxing Americans.
10/30/1770	Boston Massacre	The Boston Massacre was on the same day that the Parliament repealed most of the Townshend duties.The Boston Massacre was a brawl that broke out between soldiers and colonist in Boston. This brawl broke out between soldiers and colonists because five Bostonians were dead and ten were injured. This lead to the American Revolution because John Adams defended the British and made sure everyone was represented equally.
10/30/1773	Tea Act	The Tea Act is Lord North's attempt to save the Brittish East India Company from going bankrupt. He made their tea cost less than Dutch tea so the colonists would be forced to buy it. This contributed to the Revolution because the American colonists were not fooled into letting the Brittish East India Company have a monopoly on tea.
12/16/1773	Boston Tea Party	The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded three ships with tea and threw all of the tea into the Boston Harbor. This contributed to the Revolution because the American colonists were not going to allow the Brittish tea into America.
09/17/1774	First Continental Congress	The First Continental Congress was when American colonists met in Philadelphia and agreed to send a message to King George urging him to recognize their rights and consider their complaints. This contributed to the Revolution because the American colonists started coming together and agreeing that they wanted to unite against the kings tyranny.
10/30/1774	The Intolerable Acts	The intolerable Acts were a set of new laws by Lord North and King Geaorge that punished the American colonists because of the Boston Tea Party. They were very harsh to many colonists. They contributed to the Revolution because the Boston Patriots said they would abanton their city in flames before paying for the tea and because the colonies began to unite together.