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the french and indian war
This war was the french and the indians vs. the british and the colonists.They were all fighting over the land because at the time they all wanted land.And because of this war the british owed a debt. and lost money and then britan started taxing the colonists to pay the debt. -
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the revolution
the war was 21 years long and these are the events leading to the revolution -
proclomation of 1763
The king of britan kept the colonists from going over the appalation mountains because it costed money to protect the colonists from the indians and the king didnt want another war but the colonists thought that the king cant tell them where to go -
the Quartering act
The king of britan made all of the colonists house the british solders.So the colonists had to pay for food for them and they some of the kids had to give up their rooms for the soilders -
the stamp act
the king taxed the colonists on all papers. This was the first tax from britan so it made the colonists very angry.But the colonists thought that the king had no right to tax them because the taxs were taxation without presention -
the boston massocure
the boston massocure all started with a riot when 50 colonists attacked some british soilders. the colonists through stuff at the soilders like rocks and snowballs.100 of colonists blame britan for the loss of their jobs. -
The Boston tea party
The colonists tryed to get rid of tea taxes and go onto the british ships dressed like indans and threw off all the tea.and the colonists demanded for the british tea ships to go back. -
the first continetal congress
the colonists had a convention known as the first contiental congress.delagets got together to discuss how to settle problems with the british and the colonies started working together.
