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fort necessity
a hut that people made and they got defeated. -
navigation act
a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade -
the molasses act
the molasses act is another tax that British put on the colonists.The British thought if they lowered the tax but made the price higher they would buy even more molasses. -
french and Indian war.
the french and Indian war was a 7 year war. because the natives wanted freedom.They wanted the Indians to pay taxes. -
stamp act
the stamp act is a tax on the colonists.It outraged the colonists and they were really mad at the British.They taxed them on paint,newspaper,wills,playing cards,documents. -
The Boston massacre
the Boston made the colonists mad because they shot the little kids.but the kids said fire and made the whole event happen, they also threw rocks at the Boston fighters. -
general Thomas Gage took over Boston
when he came it was because they were getting mad at the colonists.he had put them in there place. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga is where there was 400 men that was trying to help the colonists.when they did help the british helped. -
battle of bunker hill
the patriots lost this one because they had to retreat.the British had a lot of cannons and way more people but it was a good match. -
declaratory acts
The declaratory act is laws that the parliment could make for the colonists.this was happening as about the same time as the stamp acts -
Townshed acts
this was a external tax that was for all of the imported goods.it was for glass,paint,lead,paper,and tea. -
the second congress
this one was important .because they finally got there freedom because George Washington helped them with the second congress