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The French and Indian War
comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756-1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation defines 4 new colonies. The line of the proclamation was extended from the Atlantic ocean to Quebec and established the border of west Florida. Another thing is that the settlements past the line of the Appalachians Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
Its a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain. -
The Currency Act
The colonies was going though a constant shortage of currency with which to conduct trade. There were no gold or silver and currency could only be obtained through trade as regulated by Great Britain. -
The Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Patrick Henry's "If This Be Treason" speech
It was the prime topic of political conversation in the American colonies. -
The Stamp Act Congress
It was a meeting consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America -
Townshend Acts
It were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
The Boston Massacre
an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Burning of the gaspee
The revenue schooner Gaspee ran aground near Providence, Rhode Island and was burnt by locals angered by the enforcement of trade legislation -
The Boston Tea Party
It was when a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored in Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts are the Quartering Act, Boston Port Bill, Administration of Justice Act, Coercive Act, Massachusetts Government Act, and the Quebec Act. The colonist had to house and feed soldiers and if they refuse their house is taken. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The King sent troops to Lexington and Concord to take weapons and kill the leaders, but they didn’t find any weapons and the leaders are long gone. -
Winter at valley forge
In the cold season of 1777 and 1778, George Washington and his army struggled to survive the cold weather and also snow at Valley Forge.At the end They did, and emerged a stronger army as a result. -
Treaty of Paris
It was a negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
Cause #3
The combination of the harsh taxes and the lack of an American voice in Parliament gave rise to the famous phrase "taxation without representation." -
Causes #2
The American people also thought that they should be able to send their own people to Britain's Parliament or at least vote for Britain's lawmakers. -
Cause #1
The British government decided to make the American colonies pay a large share of the war debt from the French and Indian War.
