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French and Indian War
British soldiers and French colonists went to war in 1754 over the Ohio River Valley. The French originally controlled this land and traded with the Indians. At the end of this was the French lost almost all of their land. This was the beginning of the road the Revolution. -
The proclamation of 1763
King George III said colonists can not move west of the Appalachian Mountains. He did this because he did not want to have to send British soldiers over to protect them from Indian attacks. This made the colonists mad because they thought that they should be free in the colonies. Some people still moved west. -
Sugar Act
After the war England was in dept and they needed a way to pay back for the war. The king decided to tax the colonies on sugar and molasses to help pay back for the war. The colonists where agree about the taxes. The colonists smuggled the goods and boycotted the others. This was a big turning point in the road to revolution. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was another try to get the colonists to help pay back for war. It required a special tax on stamps for legal doc's like newspaper, dice, cards and more. This was a big deal to small shop owners. The colonists still boycotted them. -
Quarting Act
The quartering act forced colonists to house British soldiers stationed in the colonies. This caused violence and the colonists still refused to do this. This caused the Boston Massacre. There wasn’t a way to boycott this act and that made the colonists furious! -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act added tax on imports like glass, paper, and tea. This allowed officers to use writs of assistance to search colonists ships for smuggled goods. The colonists didn’t think it was fair that they could search ships when ever they wanted. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre was a big part in our history. While British soldiers were patrolling the city a mob formed around a British soldier and when more soldiers arrive the mob get agree and start yelling and throwing rocks taunting them. Finally, the soldiers shot and five colonists died. -
Tea Act
The tea act was a tax on British tea. The colonists didn’t like this so they boycotted it and smuggled the tea in from other places. When England found out about this they made it so all tea trades had to go through them and they added a small tax but the colonists still boycotted it. They didn’t want to fall into British and give them money in any way. -
Boston Tea Party
When England imported a ship full of tea into Boston the sons of liberty didn’t like that. They all got together and dressed up as Mohawk Indians and got on the ship and dumped all of the tea into the Boston Harbor. Consequences of this were that England closed off the harbor so no one can go in or out. Also that they could no longer have meeting in Boston -
Intolerable Acts
This act came after the Boston Tea Party as consequences. England closed off the Boston harbor so no imports or exports can go. Also the ban all town meetings is Boston. They had to house British soldiers stationed it Boston. This made them even furious and was a big act in the road to revolution. -
The First Continental Congress
After the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts so they couldn’t have meetings in Boston they decided to have it in Philly PA. They discussed what they were going to do about the act. They were going to meet back I one year to see how it is going but before they could do that the war started. -
Lexington and Concord
Finally, the revolutionary war started. Massachusetts minutemen meet British soldiers at Lexington,MA where the first shots of the of the revolutionary war where shot. That was known as the shot herd around the world. The next day the fighting continued at Concord. -
Paul Reveres Ride
When the sons of liberty learned that the British were coming to Concord MA they planed ahead. They had someone in the church and one lantern meant that they were coming from land and two meant that they were coming by sea. When that night came the British were coming by sea. Paul Revere, Sam Prescott, and Billy Dawes rode to tell the minutemen that the British were coming.
