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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/27/1755	French and Indian war	This War was a struggle between Fance and Britian for territory and power. Because many Native Americans fought with France in this latest conflict. Because of the French and Indian War they begun taxing more things which is going to make the colonist mad, which lead to the American Revolution.
10/27/1763	The Proclamation of 1763	The Proclamation of 1763 was King Geogre lll telling settlers to stay east of that timeline and Indians to stay west of it. He did this so settlers and Indians would not kill eachother. The Americans thought that the king's order suggested tyranny, or the unjust use of government power.The only place that farmers could find new land was west of the mountains.The Proclamation lead to the Revolution because because the settlers had already crossed the mountains.
10/27/1765	Quartering Act	The Quartering Act was a law that had ordered that colonists to provide British troops with quarters, or housing. The Quartering Act lead to the Revolution because providing for the soliders cost money and the soliders just took up space and did nothing. The British government reacted by refusing to let the assembly meet until it agreed to obey the Quartering Act. Again, people on both sides of the Atlantic got even more angry.
10/28/1765	stamp act	The Stamp Act was a law that requires colonist to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.The Stamp Act lead to the American Revolution because the colonist argued, Parliament had no right to tax them,"no taxation without representation!''
10/28/1767	Townshed Acts	The Townshed Act were passed becasue Champagne Charlie was asked by the Parliament to make the colonys pay for the army. Things that were taxed were popular iteams such as glass, paint, paper, and tea.The Townshend Act lead to the Revolution because King George wasn't ready to give up on the idea of taxing Americans.
10/28/1768	Boston Massacre	The Boston Massacre was on the day of the Parliaments repealing of most of the Townshend duties.The Boston Massacre was a brawl that broke out between soldiers and colonist in Boston.The brawl broke out because the colonist threw things and called the British soliders names so they opened fire.There were 5 Bostinians dead and 10 were injured.The Boston Massacre lead to the American Revolution because John Adams defended the British and made sure everyone was represented equally.
10/28/1773	The Tea Act	The Tea Act was Lord North's attempt to rescue the British East Indian Company.This trading company controlled all trade between Britian and Asia.By 1773, it was in danger of going broke unless it could sell the all the tea.The Tea Act lead to the American Revolution because colonist saw that The Tea Act was just another way to tax them.On December 16, 1773 the Sons of Liberty went on the ships and threw 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbor.
10/28/1773	Boston Tea Party	The Boston Tea Party was on December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of LIberty decided to unload all the tea on the ships and throw it into the sea.The Boston Tea Party lead to the Revlotion because Lord North was upset that they threw the tea into the harbor so that lead to the Intolerable Acts.
10/28/1774	First Continental Congress	The First Cotinental Congress meet in 1774.Around 50 leaders from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia.The meeting brought together delegates from most of the British colonies on the North American continent.The First Continental Congress lead to the American Revolution because colonists began to agree that the British rule on them was wrong.
10/28/1774	Intolerable Acts	When Lord North heared about the Boston Tea Party he couldnt believe how bad the control the British had over the Colonies. Britains anger led Parliament to pass a new series of of laws in 1774. These laws were to shut the harbor down, put more troops in the colonies, and all British soldiers that had comitted a crime would be tried in England.