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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War ( 7 Years World) was a war between the French and the British. The Indians were allies to the French. Before the war, the British let the colonist do their own thing called Salutary Neglect. After the war, the British were in debt. The war cost $8 million to fund. The British blamed the war on the colonist and enforce taxtion and enforced strict colonial laws on to the colonist. Also, the British would restrict colonial access to the OHio River Valley. -
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Proclaimation Line
The Proclamation Line was created after the The French and Indian War. The Proclamation Line was the Appalachian Mountain Range, that stretches all the way from Maine to Georgia. The King wanted a natural boundary to stop the colonist from expanding westward and in his luck there was the Appalachian Mountains. The line forbid the colonist from settling in the Ohio River Valley. The British wanted the land to theirselves for the beaver trade. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is one of the acts that the British enforced taxes onto the colonist. The Sugar Act put an Indirect tax on sugar. An Indirect taxes added to the cost of the sugar (hides the cost in the prise). The goal of the Sugar Act was to decrease smuggling in the colonist but the colonist still found the way to smuggle. This act lead to violence from the colonist. The colonist attacked on soldiers and tax collectors, refusing to pay taxes, some British people were tarred and feathered. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act enforced by the British to put a Direct tax on all printed goods.The prise of printed goods ranged from one cent newspapers, to ten dollar diplomas. After the Stamp Act, it lead to the Stamp Act Congress, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, boycotts from the colonist, and colonist store owners refused to sell called Non-Importation Agreement. Also, the colonist attacked, tarred and feathered british people, and smuggled goods. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act was created after the British repealed the Stamp Act.This Act put taxes on glass, paint, tea and other things. The money was use to finance the British troop in the colonies. This was unacceptable to the Americans. The Americans continued to smuggle goods, attack soldiers, refused to pay the tax, and tarred and feathered. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event where is said by the Americans that the British men were ordered to open fire on a mob of angry Americans and killed five Amrican people. The British say that the American were threwing clubs and the mob attack the soldiers. So, in self-defense a British solider opened fire and ened with five Americans died.The affect of the Boston Massacre was that it was used as a method of propaganda for the British and American. The view of each side put hatred on eachother. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an event where The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and went aboard a ship filled with tea. They threw the tea into the harbor. This made King George III very angry. He punished the ones that were directly involved in the event. The King used ecomonics against the conloist to get back them. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act enforced by the British to put tax on tea because the British East IndiaCompany was in danger of bankruptcy. The Company made poor investment and had competiton from the Dutch. The British made it an monopoly. The Americans were not happy and the Sons of Liberty were quick to react. Since, the Americans had to only by tea from England the prises were high and people could not afford it. The American People refused to buy tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were acts enforced by the British. One of the Acts was The Mass. Government Act where the colonist were not aloowed to have any form of government. This took the rights of the Americans away. Another act was the Boston Port Act where the Port in Boston harbor was shutdown to any trade.This lead to colonist loosing thier jobs because they relaid on the port to ship their goods they made.The Intolerable Acts isolated Boston from the other colonies and lead to boycotts. -
Lexington & Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was where the "shot heard around the world" happen. In other words, the first shots of the Revolutionary war were fired in military combat between the British and the Americans. After the Battle, 273 British meilitary were killed and wounded and only 95 colonist were killed. The impact of the battle was that there was no longer a secretive that there is going to a Revolutionary War and that the Americans can keep up with the British military.
