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Road to Revolution
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Beginning of the French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began because was the North American conflict.It's known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm -
Proclomation of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies.. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act- new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. 22.http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. <a href='' >http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts</a> -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers shot and killed five colonists on March 5, 1770. http://www.bostonmassacre.net/ -
Tea Act
Townshend Acts objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm -
Boston Tea Party
Disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. http://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.asp -
Lexington and Concord
It was fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay,The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America. http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html
