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The End of the French & Indian War
To regain all that Britain Had lost it passed several laws. The following are some of them -
The Quartering act
Let British soldiers move in a house to rest. However the colonists did not like it either since it still went against the English Common -
The Stamp Act
A law passed that put a tax on all official documents. This was considered a threat since it violated one of the rights of the English common law -
The Townshend Acts
Was a series of acts to help gain Money that Britain had lost. Once again the colonists protested since they had not been informed about it. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers massacred many colonists. Given all the unfair acts it was reasonable to protest. -
The Tea act
A tax given on tea. Many just ignored this tax -
The Boston Tea Party
As a result of the Tea act the colonists decided to protest by throwing boxes of tea into the sea -
The Intolerable Acts
After seeing the colonists rebel so much British decided to pass a series of acts. This was an attempt to make the colonists behave. -
The first Continental Congress
A meeting held in Philadelphia. It ended in both Declaration of rights (Issued the loyalty of the colonies to Britain) & The Articles of Association (The boycott of all British imports if the Coercive acts were not token away). -
Battle of Lexington and Concord “shot heard ‘round the world”
British troops went on a mission to seize American leaders and guns. Someone had resisted and shoot which was followed by a trail of other shoots thus beginning the war -
The second Continental Congress
This was the last attempt to restore peace. They came up With the Olive Branch Petition however it was completely ignored
