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french and indian war
the french backed the nnative americans in fighting the colonial settelers. the british one and taxed the colonists to pay down the debt the british wrang up fighting. -
proclamation line of 1763
it forbid colonists from going west of theappalachin mountains to prevent conflict but the colonists ignored it because they knew that the british had no waay of enforcing it. -
stamp act
it was a direct tax on all printed goods. that ment everyone had to pay it rich and poor alike.the colonists protested the tax by boycotting britsh goods.5 -
boston massacre
some off dudy british police officers were confrunted by a group of colonists. they got into a fight and five colonists were killed. this was used as propaganda aginst the british because when you think of massacre you think of more -
tea act
it was a new tax on tea. it probably was what pushed the people of boston over the edge so they retaliated with the boston tea party. -
boston tea party
the ''sons of liberty'' derssed up as native americans and borded the ship and then threw the shipload of taxed tea into the boston hrbor. this made the british very mad and they responded with the intolerable act. -
intolerable acts
they were a response to the boston tea party. they were desined to punish the colonists for dumping the tea. -
lexington and concord
british troops thouight that weapons were stockpiled in concord. on there way they were confrunter by farmers and malitia members at lexington.the malitia and farmers lost and the troops made it to concord. -
declaration of independance
it is a document that announced the 13 american colonies at war with great britain. benjamin franklin was expected to take the leed in writing it but tomas jefferson ended up being the main person writing the declaration of independance. -
the enlightenment 1715-1789
a period of new ideas related to scientific reasoning. john locke was one of the most well known of the enlightenment philosiphers along with montesquieu, hobbes and rousseau.
