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The French and Indian War
Great Britain fighting in war with the French and Indians. The French were trading with the Indians in North America and Great Britain did not like that. They started to tax us on the war -
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Heather's road to Revolution 1754-1776
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The sugar Act
Coffee, indigo,and some of the wines had taxes which were all different. The people wanted a say in how much the taxes were going up. They weren’t able to buy what they needed. -
The Stamp Act
The colonist didn’t want to pay for a stamp and that they thought it should be free like it was for many years. Sons of liberty was formed to respond to the act. -
The Stamp Act Congress
They had to buy a stamp for every newspaper and pamphlet that they got for free for many years. The British repealed it after the diplomatic body called the stamp act congress. -
Townshend Acts
Glass, paper, paints, lead and tea all got taxed, later they took the taxes off of everything except for the tea. The colonist were not happy and Great Britain sent more troops over. -
The Boston Massacre
The colonist were throwing rocks and other things at the British troops, British troops did fire at them.The colonist had distrust on the British military. -
The Boston Tea Party
The colonist were angry and frustrated and abourded 3 ships and dumped 342 whole crates of tea into the Boston harbor. They did not want to pay for the taxes on the tea. -
The First Continental Congress
The would have secret meetings so Great Britian wouldn’t know that they were united. They wanted to be able to meet without people knowing what they were talking about. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
No one knew who fired first and it was heard around the world. The first shots fired was by the Americans and the British troops. The Americans did not want them there to tell them what to do. -
The Second Continental Congress
They met when the revolutionary war started. That summer they made the Declaration of Independence and the armed forces were disorganized. Wanted to be more organized and have freedom away from Great Britain. -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
He was the first president and did two terms. He fought with the British in the French and Indian war. He retired so that he could go back to the lifestyle before the wars started and be with his wife. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
It helped to protect the shipyard near Boston. The British attacked and took out the hill and lost a lot of people. They were trying to protect the people in Boston and try to save the towns. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" published
The main contribution was writing. It inflamed the population for American and furthered the Revolutionary cause. More people were moving over to America. -
The British evacuate Boston
The ships came in with canons and Dorchester Heights which overlooked the city to the south. They left so that they would not all get killed. -
Richard Henry Lee proposes Independence
He proposed that their should be independence for the colonies. He wanted something better for the colonies where they could be independence and freedom. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
13 colonies became independent from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Great Britains action to was to stay in war. It gave people freedom and Independence for them and not have a king. -
Declaration of Independence signed
Many People signed the Declaration of Independence and few people that did was John Adams, John Hancock,and Samuel Adams also written by Thomas Jefferson. They wanted to be their own country but have states where they would come with their own rules in their state.
