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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/27/1755	french and indian war	The French and Indinan war was between franc and britain. It sarted in 1755 and the British sent 1400 soldiers. Two thirds of the soldiers were killed.They were fiting for more land. They fited for seven long years. In 1763 the sinned a peace treaty eaning the war.It led to the war because the french and the british wanter more land and power.
10/28/1763	Proclamation of 1763	The British government had many problems after the french and indian war.Like how the colinists and the Native Americans keeped on killing eachother. George 3 made a dissicion to draw a line down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.The kings ordered in his Proclamation of 1763 to the Americans,the kings orer suggested tyranny. The land east of the Appalachians were already mostly settled. The place where the farmers could fine land was west of the mountains.
10/28/1765	Stamp act	One problem that the british government had was how to pay off the large debt left over from the french and indian war. The Colonists law was to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.It was not fare for them because they were getting taxt.So they made a law saying no taxation with out representation.
10/28/1765	Quartering Act	The Quartering act was when the law ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters, or housing. The colonists were told to furnish the soldiers with "candles", firing, bedding, cooking utensils, salt, vinegar and beer or cider. The Britsh government sead the assembly was not aowed to meet until it agreed to obey the Quartering act.
10/30/1767	Townshend Acts	The British leader to face the challenge of taxing the colonies was Charles Townshend. Charles was also called or known as Champagne Charlie.he taxted a lot of things like glass paper pant and tea.Townshend persuaded parliament passed the Townshend Act in 1767.
10/30/1768	Boston Massacre	On the same day as Parliaent a brawl broke out between soldiers and colonists in boston.Boston patrots were the worst troublemakers in the colonies. The government sent four regiments of troops to keep order in Boston.The British soldiers made fun of the red uniforms by calling them lobsterbacks.The British army in America, wrote that people were as lawless.it led to the revolution because it got arown that it was a really big batol so people saeed geting mad.
10/30/1773	The tea act	The Tea Act was Lord North's attempt to help the British East India Company. British and Asia trading was controlled by this act. For years it had been a money market for Britan. Americans refused British tea and it hurt their company. The Tea Act also gave the British East India company a monopoly over tea sales in the colonies. This company choose people to sell their tea. The East India company wanted to know what the government might try next.
10/30/1773	The boston tea party	The Boston tea party did not spark new protests against British rule.The repeal still a small duty on tea.Some new laws came out in 1773.so the callonis got made and thorow all the tea in the harbour.One of them was the Incident that became known as the Boston Tea Party.it led to the revolution because they did not like the laws.
10/31/1774	intolerable acts	the intolerable acts was a set of law by lord north and king george. he sead that issue was no longer about taxes.this was about britains control over the colonies.in 1774 the britain past a new series of laws.one of the law where to closed Boaton Harbor to all shipping until the ruined tea was paid for. Another one was the government of Massachusetts firmly under British control.Lasly the British solders who were accused of murder would be tried in England not in their colonies.
10/31/1774	First Continental Congress	The fist Continental Congress had 50 leaders from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia. They brought together delegates from Most of the British colonies on the north American continent. The reason was it waqs called the first Continental Congress.they were a new from of goverment.The American colonist started comeing together and agereeing that they wanted to unite against the kings tyranny.