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The Beginning Of The French And Indian War.
Washington defeats the French in a suprise attack. His soldiers retreat to Great Meadows. and build Fort Necessity. -
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French and Indian war
the war lasted 7 years -
Treaty Of Paris. War Ends
The Treaty Of Paris lets Britian claim practicly all of Canada. If it wasn't for the victory of Britian in this war, then the French might have kept the British from forming the 13 colonies. -
The Proclomation of 1763 was signed.
this was the day that the proclomation of 1763 was signed. the proclomation was created to keep the colonists from moving past the appalacion mountains to keep any problems between the native americans and the colonists to occur. -
the stamp act
the date that the stamp act was signed. the stamp act was made to pay of the debt of the war. It taxed any piece of paper including legal documents, ship paper, and even playing cards. This was inforced by King George III wich was taxing the colonists for things with out even consulting them. -
the townshend act.
when the townshend act took place. It was a series of laws that said you have to pay taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. After the colonists reacted with anger, the british removed all these taxes except the tea act. This, on top of everything else, was making the colonists angry. -
Boston Massacre
A group of Redcoats shoots into a mob and kill five people. This event changed our country forever. The colonists were realizing that they were not being treated fair. they were angred with the readcoats and King George. -
The Tea act was signed.
The Colonists were taxed for every load of tea that was shipped into the colonies especially in Boston. The colonists were sick of being taxed and not consulted too. -
Intolerable Act
This was pretty much a punishment to the colonists from King George III for dumping all of the tea from the boston tea party. The Quakers told King George III to end the act but he said that the colonies must submit to the English laws. -
The Boston Tea Party.
The Colonists refused to buy, or pay taxes on the tea and dumped it all off the ships into the ocean. -
lexington and concord
The first shots that started the revolutionary war were shot in lexington massachusetts. General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers into a town outside of boston called concord to destroy all of their weapons they had stored in a building. -
The Declaration of Independance was signed.
the declaration of independance was written to give colonists laws of their own and seperate them from england and make them their own country. Finally the would not have to obey King George, and they could make their own laws.
