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- 1754-1763
- nine years war that was fought between France and Great Britain
- France surrendered all of its North American possessions to Britain ( British defeated France )
- war provided Great Britain territorial gains
- war expenses led to colonial discontent
- 1754-1763
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- money raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain
- British legislation wanted to end the illegal trade in sugar and molasses in the colonies.. they did this by reducing the tax rate and forced the collection of duties
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- Imposed increased revenues *first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation
- forced a stamp duty on a newspaper / legal commercial documents
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- British acts of Parliament passe in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for collection of revenue duties.
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- British soldiers were killing people and then died
- 5 colonists died
- small mobs in Boston were harassing the British soldiers
-impact on connections between the American and British colonists
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- political protest
- American colonists were mad at Britain for forcing "taxation without representation"
- they dumped 342 chests of tea that belonged to the British East India Company
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*Meeting of delegates from 12 to 13 British colonies
*It was the first Continental Congress Convened in Philadelphia. *Fifty-six of all of the delegates have represented all colonies except Georgia. -
- laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party
- These laws were meant to punish Massachusetts colonists for their resistance in the Tea Party protest
- The 4 Intolerable Acts were : Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act
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- Patrick Henry made his speech against British tyranny
- Henry made this speech for a fight for America's independence
- He also wanted the Virginia convention to send troops to fight in the Revolutionary War
- Patrick Henry made his speech against British tyranny
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- 7 years war caused it
- First military clashes of the American Revolutionary War -The British Army captured rebel leaders like John Hancock and Samuel Adams (who were in Lexington) to destroy the Americans shop of their weapons and their ammunition in Concord
- Colonists were warned by riders that the British Army was approaching
- Sam Adams and John Hancock however escaped to militia where they hid their weapons and ammunition
- American Victory
- Started the American Revolutionary War
