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The Proclomation of 1763
The Proclomation of 1763 set up new provinces and prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachain Mountains. Britain sent 10,000 troops to inforce this. -
The Sugar Act
In 1764 Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which lowered the tax on imported wine, sugar, and molasses in hopes the colonists would pay it instead of smuggling. -
The Stamp Act
In 1765 Parliament passed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act placed a tax on most printed material such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. -
Declaratory
Gave parliament the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies. -
The Townhends Acts
In 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts put tax on all imported goods such as glass, tea, paper and led with tax being paid at the port of entry. -
The Tea Act
In 1773, British Paliament passed the Tea Act, which allowed tea company's to to sell directly to shopkeepers and bypass colonial merchants. Which forced colonists to buy tea from the East India Company and taxed tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
Three tea ships arrived in Boston. At midnight on December 16, colonial men dressed up as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. -
The intolerable Acts
British Goverment closed the Boston harbor until the tea that was dumped was paid for by the colonist. Which isolated Boston from the colonies. Colonists had to shelter the soldiers and
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Lexington and Concord
British Army set out from Boston to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington and to destroy the Americans weapons and ammunition in Concord. The colonists were warned by Paul Revere, that the British Army were coming. When the British arrived 70 minute men were waiting. Shots rang out. Eight Minutemen lied dead. The British continued to concord and found that most of the gunpowder was gone. As the Britished marched from Concord to Boston, the militia fired.Boston174 wounded and73 dead. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Militia men set up fort at Bunker hill and nearby Breeds Hill. The British moved the Americas from the location overlooking the city. The redcoats assembled at the bottom of the hill. The Americas opened fire forcing the British to retreat. The British charged two more times. The Americans ran out of gun powder and were forced to withdraw. Suffering heavy loses of more than 1,000 dead and wounded the British won the battle.
