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French & Indian War
The French and Indian War was caused by disputed land, particularly the Ohio River Valley that was rich in resources. -
Proclamation of 1763
British government restricts the American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains in an attempt to ease tensions between the colonists and the Native Americans. -
The Sugar Act
British to control economic activity in the American colonies by limiting what sugar products could buy and sell. -
Stamp Act
required colonists to purchase stamps for all official paper publications, including letters, newspapers, and magazines. -
Boston Massacre (Turning point)
it began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter -
Tea Act
colonists were only allowed to purchase tea from the British-owned East India Trading Company which directly impacted the colonial merchants. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation -
Intolerable Act
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. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
the Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, which appeals directly to King George III -
Why Boston Massacre is the Turning Point
American Colonists and the British Soldier, Americans were protesting cause the British were taxing Americans for no reason until one British Soldier hit one of the Americans.