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french and indian war
the french and india war gave british land because that was the purpose british fought it was for land, natives ended up attacking but britain wins the war -
treaty of paris
gave british control over everything east from mississippi. treaty of paris purpose for britain was to offlicialize the british won and there land.the colonist were happy about this -
proclamation of 1763
it kept colonist west from the appalchian mt. it was the they didnt mess with the indians high taxes and the colonist were doing what they were being told -
sugar act
it placed tax answers it was to help pay for the indian war and the colonist didnt like the idea of high taxes -
stamp act
to show that a person paid his taxes it was to help pay off the recent war -
writs of assiatance
officers could search ships at will a few colonist were affected but merchants felt this was an invasion of privacy british pupose was for contrabad -
townshend acts
it put tax on various houshold british didnt because no money and the colonist reaction was a boycott -
quartering act
colonist had to provide food housing for the british soilders and the colonist hated this but little could be done the british purpose was to have there soilders tooken care of because they had nothing -
boston massacre
a mob confronted british soilders 5 people were killed during this sam adams called the massacre -
tea act/boston tea party
on dec 16 1773 they dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the boston harbor the colonist reacted with intolerable acts -
intolerable acts
colonist could not hold town meetings first continental congress meets and colonies began to unify -
battles of lexington and concord
700 british troops reached lexington on april 19 1775 70 militia men were waiting for them british ended up reatreating -
"give me liberty" sppech
a famous sppech at the virginia house of burgesses in 1775 quoted "give me liberty or give me death" partic henry expected a war -
bunker hill
where the quote "dont shoot until you see the white of there eyes" comes from -
declaration of independence
thomas jefferson was chose to compose the the document on july 4 1776 its based on the philosophy of john lovke unaliable right, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness -
common sense published
thomas pain wrote common sense to inspire and motivate people for independence it was 47 pages and read everywhere in schools,streets etc.
