John Lybbert

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1755	French and indian war	The war between England and France with its Indian allies .This led to the Revolution because England overly taxed the colonist.
10/27/1763	The Proclamation of 1763	This kept the colonist from killing the Indians by the colonist staying on the east side of the Appalacian mountains and the indians on the west.This led to the Revolution because more British soldiers
10/27/1765	stamp act	This forced colonist to buy a stamp for every paper product(cards,news paper)This had to happen because britain had a huge dept from the war.This helped the revolution because colonist not allowed to agree on it
10/27/1765	Quartering act	Colonist forced to care for Britains soldiers.This led to the revolution becuase those in England did not treat them like gentelman
10/28/1767	Townshend acts	Things imported from England taxed.(glass,paint,paper,and tea)and the colonist were not willing to pay the extra taxes.This helped form the Revolutionary war
10/28/1768	Boston masacre	British soldiers opened fired on a mob of colonist , 5 dead ,10 wounded ,but they were there to protest the amount of soldiers in the city.This led to the revolution because the soldiers killed unarmed men .
10/28/1773	Boston tea party	The sons of liberty tossed 90000 pounds of tea into the harbor.This led to the revolution because after that there were harsh punishments to follow
10/31/1773	tea act	This was Lord Norths attempt to rescue East India company.This helped the war because colonist were not willing to pay for their tea.
10/28/1774	The Intolerable acts	The acts closed the Boston Harbor .2nd , the British firmly controlled Massachusetts. This led to the Revolution because this made the colonist really mad .
10/31/1774	First continental congress	50 leaders from the 12 colonies met and sent a peaceful letter to King George to listen to their complaints.This led to the Revolution because the king did not listen.