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French and Indian war
When Frances's expansion into the Ohio River Valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official Decleraction of war in 1756.
This leading to what could be the start of new Britsh lands.
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End of French and Indian wars
At a peace confence in 1763, the British recieved the territory's of Canada from France and Florida from Spain, oppening the Mississippi Valley to westward expansion. New colonies began to form.
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Proclamation of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 caused great celebration in the colonies, it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities. The first thing on the minds of colonists was the great western frontier. The proclamation of 1773 did much to dampen that celebration. The king and his council presented the proclamation in hopes to calm the fears of the Indians. Many colonists lost their homes. <a href='http://http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. Great Britain was faced with a massive national debt following the Seven Years War. The colonists began to be taxed largly for items.>http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.htm</a> -
Townshed Acts
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. Crowds mobbed the customs office, forcing the officials to retire to a British Warship in the Harbor. Troops from England and Nova Scotia marched in to occupy Boston on October 1, 1768. Causing the colonists to become restless and hostile. >http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm</a> -
Intolerbale Acts
The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. Boston massacre set a course that would lead the Royal Governor to evacuate the occupying army from Boston, and would soon bring the revolution to armed rebellion throughout the colonies. >http://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.asp</a> -
Tea Act
Tea Act was passed by Parliament, and it would launch the final spark in revolutionary movement in Boston. The tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies, and be sold at a bargained price. This lead to the Boston Tea Party. >http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm</a> -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons Of Liberty boarded three ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This brining the colonists closer to war. >http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party</a> -
Boston Massacre
Five colonists were killed by British soldiers. The colonists were unarmed, while the British soldiers had guns. The tension has risen in the American colonies.
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Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm. Many more battles followed. Leading to the Declatation of Independence
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Declaration of Independence
Even after the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did,like John Adams, were considered radical. Things changed over the course of the next year, however, as Britain attempted to crush the rebels with all the force of its great army.The Declaration of Independence can be counted as one of the three essential founding documents of the United States.
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