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France and Great Britian went to war over the Ohio river in this year and Britian was victourious.
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This victory caused an enourmous debt for the british.
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In this year, The Royal Proclamation was issued.
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This treaty made Great Britian a dominant power in North America.
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Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron.
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The Tea Act, passed on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was good financially and had eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. This tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies, and sold at a bargain price.
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The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. This caused 4 new laws to be set.
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The Quebec Act of 1774 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting govt. in the Province of Quebec. The main things in this act were:
The province's territory was expanded to take over part of the Indian Reserve, including much of what is now southern Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota.
The oath of allegiance was replaced with one that no longer made reference to the Protestant faith.
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This all happened when the British found out where the colonists hid their ammo. The British "Red Coats" planned to attack. When the colonists found out that the British were planning to attack, they knew that they would have to fight. In order to tell the other colonies and towns that the British were coming, they sent riders to cry out the word. The most well known rider is Paul Revere. He rode through the night yelling "The British are coming, the British are coming!" through every town.
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On this day George Washington was assigned to lead the continental army.
