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French and Britain fighting over Land of the Ohio River Valley. Began in 1787 and ended in 1799. Britain won but gain way too much debt. -
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Britain made boundaries over of the Appalachian Mountains. So that they do not enter a war with Native Americans. -
Britain imposed tax on all paper goods including newspapers and playing cards. They did this as way of earning money to pay off debt. -
Britain imposed taxes on all importing goods that came from Britain. For example tea, paper, glass, red and white lead, and painter's colors -
When redcoats shot five protesting colonists and killed them in the process. Boston Massacre is a turning point because it was the first murders to happen during the American Revolution. Also known as the first spilled blood of the American Revolution. The first killed was a runaway slave named Crispus Attucks, he is considered the first death of the American Revolution. -
Tax on put on tea. This was another form that Britain could get money to pay off debt. -
Colonists response to the Tea Act. Colonists dressed as Native Americans and hopped on a ship and threw all the cargo, which was tea into the ocean -
Britain’s response to the Boston tea part. They punished the colonists by closing Boston port and bringing the quartering act back and also Massachusetts Government Act. -
First battle fought between the patriots and British. Also known as the ‘‘shot heard around the world’’. -
Patriots way of asking for peace with Britain. But did not find it because Britain's government rejected the petition.