Ruthie Berger

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/27/1755	French and Indian War	The French and Indian War was part of a long struggle between France and Britain for territory and power. In the end, France gave Canada to Great Britain after signing a peace treaty ending the war.
10/27/1763	Proclamation of 1763	The proclamation of 1763 was to help stop the Native Americans and colonists from killing eachother. George lll said to draw a line down the Appalachian Mountains and tell the Indians to stay west of the line, and the settlers to stay east of it. They ignored the arguements between the Native Americans and teh colonists and expanded the british army.
10/27/1765	Stamp Act	Grenville proposed a law that requird colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used. They colonists were taxed to pay of the debts from the French and Indian War. The fact that the colonists started gettign mad at the British for taxing them is what helped lead to the American Revolution.
10/27/1765	Quartering Act	The Quartering Act was a law that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with housing. The house had to be furnished with candles,firing,bedding,cooking utensils and mroe. The fact that the colonists did not like the fact that the British were forcing them to give soldiers housing helped lead to the American Revolution.
10/28/1767	Townshend Acts	The Townshend Acts placed tax on certain goods that tthe colonies imported from Britain. Some of the goods that were taxed were glass,paint,paper, and tea. The fact that the colonists got mad at the British for taxing them is what helped cause the American Revolution.
10/28/1768	Boston Massacre	The colonists did not liek the fact that the Parliament repealed most of the Townshend duties. The soldiers and colonists in Boston started a riot and five Bostonians died and ten were injured. The fact that the colonists turned again the British and got killed by them helped lead to the American Revolution.
10/28/1773	Boston Tea Party	The colonists in Boston, did not liek the fact that they were getting taxed on tea. They wanted to protest, so they disguised as Native Americans and dumped the tea into the ocean. The fact that they through tea of the side of boats helped start the American Revolution.
10/31/1773	Tea Act	The Tea Act was Lord North's attempt to rescue the British East India Company. It lowered the cost of tea from the British East Indian Company in the colonies. The tea act gave The Bristish East India Company complete colntrol over tea sales in the colonies. This helped lead to the revoloution because it started the Boston Tea Party.
10/31/1774	The Intolerable Acts	The Intolerable Acts were designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The first law closed Boston Harbor to all shipping until the ruined tea was paid for. The seccond law placed the government of Massachusetts firmly under British control. The third law said that British soldiers who were accused of murder would be tried in England, not in the colonies. This helped lead to the AMerican Revolution because it upset the colonists.
10/31/1774	First Continental Congress	50 leaders from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia and brought delegates from most of the British colonies on the North American continent. The delegates sent a message to King George to urge him to consider their complaints and to recognize their rights. The delegates also called a boycott of British goodsuntil Parliament repealed the Intolerable Acts. this helped lead to the American Revolution because the colonists were finally standing up for themselves and standing up to the British.