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These are a set of laws that were passed by the English Parliament to require the colonists to sell all raw materials to England. Even though colonists could possibly find better elsewhere in Europe. -
Parliament placed a tax on all sugar products. Sugar, Molasses, and Rum. -
The British began building a fort in what is now western Pennsylvania, but it got seized by the French.
George Washington then set up Fort Necessity. -
A war that was started because of land. The British gained interest in the Ohio River Valley but the french viewed the land as their own -
The sugar act lowered the tax on molasses. It was meant to encourage people to buy molasses and also to encourage people to stop smuggling. -
In March of 1765 the English parliament passed a law taxing any printed item. Like Newspaper, wills,playing card, and documents -
It gave Parliament the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies “in all cases” -
The Townshend Act was an external act on al imported goods. This included glass, lead, paper, tea, and paint. -
On March 5th 1770, a fight broke out between Bostonians and British soldiers. The soldiers shot and when the smoke cleared 5 lay dead and 3 were injured including an 11 year old boy Christopher Seider. -
General Gage of Boston had orders from Parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia. -
The British Parliament made a series of acts in retaliation to the Boston tea party. -
It made Red coats be able to live in unoccupied buildings. But it also made them be able to live in colonists houses -
British officials charged with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or England -
A government for Canada was created. And this extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River -
fifty-five delegates gathered together to create a political body. These delegates named this political body the Continental Congress -
Due to Revere and Dawes warning, 70 Minutemen were waiting for the 700 English Redcoats.
An unknown shot was fired, and both sides engaged. When the smoke cleared, 8 Minutemen lay dead. Few weapons found in Lexington -
Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to Lexington warning people that the British were coming -
Fort Ticonderoga in NY near lake Champlain
This was a key location but it also had a stockpile of military supplies -
In 1775 the Continental Congress agreed to meet again if the British did not address their complaints. In fact, as the battles at Lexington and Concord in 1775 showed the dispute between the British and the Colonies had worsened -
The militia set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill which were across the harbor from Boston
After seeing this and forming a plan, the British attacked the next day Redcoats assembled at the foot of Breed’s Hill, with fixed bayonets, and charged the hill.