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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was started over weather the Ohio river was part of the British empire. -
Sugar act
The sugar act was used to curb the smuggling of molasses and sugar. It was done by reducing taxes. -
Quartering act
The quartering act made civilians let soldiers live in their house and feed them. This ended up bad and they soldiers got treated bad. -
Townshend act
The Townshend act was to pay the salaries of the government and judges salary’s. -
Boston massacre
British soldiers opened fire on some American colonists leading into 5 American deaths. -
Boston tea party
American colonists were upset that the British imposed “taxation without representation.” The Americans were so upset they dumped 342 chests of tea into the East Indian harbor -
Intolerable acts
The intolerable act was when the British pushed out four laws to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington and concord
British troops marched from Boston to concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Declaration of Independence
A formal writing by Thomas Jefferson that declared freedom of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain.