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Mar 5, 770
The Boston Massacre
It was a street fight that occurred on March 5 1770 the colonists were throwing snowballs rocks and sticks at the British soldiers which eventually led to them firing on the crowd. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war about territory gains for Great Britain. Disputes of the frontier policy and the war's expenses lead to the Revolutionary War. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a boundary made by the British. It made it so that Anglo Americans could not settle land -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was an act that the British did to make it so that people couldn't smuggle sugar and molasses from the French and the Dutch West Indies. -
Stamp Act of 1766
The Stamp Act was an act that made colonists pay a tax in the form of a stamp on documents they were purchasing. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
It taxed goods that were imported to the colonies. The colonists were mad because they had no say in Parliament so they saw this as the kind abusing his power on the colonies. -
The Tea Act
The tea act made it so that they could send tea straight to the colonies without stopping in England and they could only sell tea to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the Taxation Without representation that was happening in the colonies. The colonists dump 342 chest of tea into the ocean. -
The Intolerable Acts
Were measures passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. They closed the port in Massachusetts until the colonists paid for all the tea they destroyed. -
1st Continental Congress
They took delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies so they could talk about the future of America and how to deal with Britain