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The End of the French and Indian War, also referred to as the Seven Years' War, ended with the French losing all of their land in the Americas, Britain gaining the land east of the Mississippi and land in Canada. This caused Britain to go into a large debt; and it is the process Britain tries to recover from this debt that leads to the American Revolution.
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The Proclamation of 1763, a result of the Seven Years' War, was a document by the British Parliament that declared that colonists must stay east of the Appalachian mountains. There were already colonists settled to the west of the Appalachian mountains, so British militia tried pushing these settlers out in various ways, but the colonists stayed. The Proclamation of 1763 seemed unfair to the colonists as they helped fight to win this land.
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The Sugar Act, officially titled The American Revenue Act of 1764, was a modified version of the previous Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733. It forced colonists to pay taxes on sugar, molasses, and other duties already enforced in the Sugar and Molasses Act. It increased the taxes of previously taxed items.
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The Stamp Act was a bill passed by British parliament with the intent of making profits from American colonists. The Stamp Act forced colonists to pay taxes on any printed items, this includes newspapers, books, legal documents, contracts, and land deeds. This act was repealed in March 1766 due to colonial protests.
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The Quartering Act was a bill that stated colonists had to house British soldiers that were stationed in the colonies after the war. It also stated that colonists had to supply these soldiers with whatever supplies were needed.
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The Townshed Acts consisted of the British government taking away freedom of American colonies and establishing taxes on things like paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. Obviously, the Colonists weren't so happy about the new changes.
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The Boston Massacre was a brawl between a patriot mob and British soldiers. It started off as the patriot mob throwing snow balls, sticks, and stones but, ended with shots fired by the British with 5 deaths and 5 injured. This was a big turning point for the Colonists. Many of the Colonists pushed for Independence after the Massacre.
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The Boston Tea Party was a result of the Tea Act. Colonists were infuriated with being taxed without representation and took their anger out on tea. The Colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea that belong to the British East India Company into the Boston Harbor. In result of this, the British made the Intolerable Acts.
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The Intolerable Acts were made to punish the colonists. The Intolerable Acts consisted of the Boston Port Bill, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. These acts punished the Colonists by not being able to use ports, freedom in government taken away, no justice with British members, and having to forcefully show hospitality to soldiers.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord happened for many reasons, one being because the British wanted to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock for disagreeing and rallying against British rules. The British also wanted to get weapons that were located in Concord but, the Minutemen were able to make the British retreat. This Battle was bound to happen due to unfair British rules in place from before and when it finally did, it was known as the "first military conflict of the American Revolution".
