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american revolution events

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    french and indian war

    war between the french and the british
  • proclamtion

    proclamtion

    This was an attempt by the British government to restrict the American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    This was the first effort by the British to control economic activity in the American colonies by limiting what sugar products could buy and sell.
  • the stamp act

    the stamp act

    This British policy required colonists to purchase stamps for all official paper publications, including letters, newspapers and magazines.
  • the quarter act

    the quarter act

    Colonists were required to pay for the housing of British soldiers.
  • the town shed act

    the town shed act

    This British policy imposed taxes that colonists had to pay on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint products.
  • the tea act

    the tea act

    This British act required that colonists were only allowed to purchase tea from the British-owned East India Trading Company which directly impacted the colonial merchants.
  • the intolerable act

    the intolerable act

    This series of actions by the British government was in direct response to the Boston Tea Party. The purpose was to punish the colonist. The acts closed the Boston Harbor and limited colonial town meetings
  • the quatering act

    the quatering act

    This series of actions by the British government was in direct response to the Boston Tea Party. The purpose was to punish the colonist.
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Kicked off the American Revolutionary War