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French and Indian War
A. The cause of the war was land. English colonists wanted to expand the West.
B. It was the the British against the French and Indians. Was the bloodiest American War in 18th century. Started out when George Washington went out onto Ohio River to deliver a message to French to withdraw the land, ending with an answer of no.The British collapsed after the many years of fatigue.
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Proclamation of 1763
A. The Proclamation of 1763 was a document that reserved land west of the Appalachian mountains for Indians.
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Sugar Act
A. Prime Minister George Grenville was responsible for the Sugar Act.
B.This law taxed sugar and molasses. Colonies were taxed on this so England could pay the war debt.
C. Significance was that smugglers were taken to British courts, resulting of an unfair trial.
D. Colonists response was to protest British Parliament. Led by Samuel Adams, the Sons of Liberty.
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1211.html
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Stamp Act
A. British Parliament was responsible for the Stamp Act.
B. This law was an official government stamp required on all documents. Colonists had to pay taxes on every piece of paper they purchased.
C. Colonists respond with violent acts and mobs. Their was a Stamp Act Congress to discuss it. They said that British Parliament can't tax them without representation in Parliament.
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Quartering Act
A. This law required colonists to provide housing to British soldiers when they need it. They had to provide rum, food etc. -
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Stamp Act Congress
A. 27 representatives of 9/13 colonies attended this meeting.
B. They met in New York City in the Federal Hall building.
C. They met to discuss the Stamp Act.
D. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances and "no taxation without representation" resulted from here.
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Declaratory Act
A. Was when Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and declared that they had the right to rule and tax colonies.
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Townshend Acts
A. The person responsible for the Townshend Acts was Charles Townshend.
B. This law taxed goods such as lead, paper, glass and tea from England. It also introduced the Writs of Assistance, which aloud soldiers to go into colonists homes to search for smuggled goods without warrant.
C. Colonists saw this as an over abuse of power of England
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Boston Massacre
A.
1) This event took place in front of the customs place on King street.
2) Was an incident where British soldiers shot at a crowd , killing 5 civilians.
3) The British soldiers were arrested and pleaded they were guilty.
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Boston Tea Party
A. The Sons of Liberty were responsible for the Boston tea party.
B. The taxes on tea and British laws caused the Boston Tea Party.
C.
1) The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Natives and threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor.
2) 92,000 pounds of tea were dumped into the harbor.
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Intolerable Acts
A.The Intolerable Acts mostly affected Boston because these acts closed the Boston harbor, this caused a problem for trading and shipping goods.
B.These laws were made to punish colonists by closing ports, causing them to pay for soldiers necessities and suspended rights to self govern.
C.The committee of correspondence was made to send letters detailing the laws. The first Continental Congress was held to talk about the Intolerable Acts.
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Quebec Act
A.The Quebec Act was made to enlarge boundaries of Quebec and give religious freedom to Catholic Canadians.
B.Colonists did not like these laws because they were trying to take away their representative rights.
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First Continental Congress
A.55 colonial representatives attended the First Continental Congress. All colonies except Georgia sent a representative. Patriots George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Samuel Adams attended this meeting.
B.They held this meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
C.This was set up to discuss a response and plan of action to the Intolerable Acts.
D.Results were The Declaration of Rights, The suffolk Resolves, etc.
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
A.British troops wanted to seize colonists arms but Paul Revere & the Sons of Liberty warned the colonists
i. The British were after a stockpile of hidden guns and ammunition
ii. Redcoats and minutemen fought against each other at this battle.
iii. 8 colonists were killed and 0 redcoats were killed.
B. The significance of these battles as that they were the first battles of the American Revolution
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Second Continental Congress
A. Delegates from colonies were sent to represent.
B. The Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia
C. Was to discuss the making of Continental Army
D. The outcomes were the documents ,the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition.
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Battle of Bunker Hill
A.The battle of Bunker Hill happened at Charlestown, Massachusetts.
B.Was a political battle where colonists wouldn't accept unfair treatment of Parliament.
C.This British won this battle.
D.Although the colonists lost, their confidence was boosted enough that they thought they could win the war.
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Common Sense
A.Thomas Paine was the author of common sense
B.Common Sense was a pamphlet that criticized monarchies and supported Independence from England.
C.This pamphlet convinced colonists to support the cause of Independence.
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Declaration Of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
Was signed July 4th, 1776
This document officially said that all the colonies were coming together to become Americans and break away from England. It also is one of the most important documents that forms our current government.
This document had many arguments and grievances of what the British government did unfairly to colonists.
All colonists supported this.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence
