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french and Indian where fight
french and Britain struggled for control of n. america in the late 1600s.
it gave Canada to Britain. french received lands east of the Mississippi river -
colonists wanted to spread out and settle new places
settlers, or pioneers, start to move west after the war
they avoid conflict, king George lll issued the proclamation of 1763. -
colonist believed there should be on taxes representation in parliament.
parliament passed the sugar act in 1764 and colonist make them to pay the costs. -
stamp act congress of 1765 the tax a violation or the colonial rights.
the got repealed in 1766. the colonists they had to pay the official of seal and purchase of paper items -
sons got attacked customs houses.
British sent the troops in 1768. taxes on glass, paints, and paper of tea. -
the shooting was called the Boston massacre by the colonists
the evening of the group is about 30 described by john Adams
a crowd in Boston after a British soldier were struck in colonist on march 5, 1770 -
they incident was called the Boston tea party
colonial merchants and smugglers were opposed to this they start loosing a lot of money and customers -
on December 16, 1773 colonists and Indians attacked British tea ships they threw the tea overboard
colonial are smuggled the avoid paying the British tea tax -
this was to punish their are tea party
the acts had several effects. Boston harbor were closed. -
those colonists who sided with great Britain were called loyalists or Tories
colonists who chose to fight for independence form Britani became known as patriots