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Events Leading up to the Revolutionary War
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proclamation of 1763
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm The king issued that the colonists could not go west of the Appalachian Mountains because the Native Americans live there. -
Stamp Act
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.htm A bill passed on Febuary 17, 1765 that made the colonists put stamps on all their main goods. It was first passed through the Lords on March 8, but wasn't put in effect by the king until March 22, 1765 -
Townshend Acts
<a href='http://http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm'http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm</a>
Acts made by Charles Townshend that imposed a levy on a number of goods brought to the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/252735?terms=boston+massacre The Boston Massacre was on march 5, 1770 thats was a fight that broke out between the dock workers and the British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/252735?terms=boston+massacre The Boston Tea Party was 150 patriots that dressed as Native Americans , and boarded 3 British ships on the docks. They took all the tea offf the ships and dumped all of it into the ocean to protest the tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
http://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.asp The intolerable acts were acts that had convinced the colonists that the british were going way too far. These acts included the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, and the Quebec Act that made life so much more difficult on the colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/349291?terms=declaration+of+independence The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the second continental congress of the American colonies on July 4, 1776, but that was just the begining of securing our independence.
