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Start of the French and Indian Wars
-Start of the 7 years war
-Cost a lot of money for Britain -
End of the French and Indian War
-Treaty of Paris is signed
-Britain must find a way to get money back from what was spent on the war -
Proclamation of 1763
-Settlers were no longer allowed to settle further west than the Appalachians.
-This was created to avoid another war with the Native Americans -
Sugar Act
-The first law passed to tax the colonists
-They did not like this, their power was taken away from them
-This was to help pay for the war
- They were removed after colonists protested -
Stamp Act
-Now colonists were to be taxed on stamps and things that are shipped or imported from other places
-Also taxed on documents and household items
-You had to put stamps on certain items -
Quartering Act
-Colonists now had to help provide food and sometimes shelter for British soldiers sent over to the colonies -
Stamp Act Congress
-A group of colonists from different colonies met to discuss the Stamp Act
-They sent a request to England to get it repealed
-The request was ignored
-This was a step in unity between colonies -
Declatory Act
-Britain drew the line and said that they have complete control of the colonies
-Took away freedom that the colonies had
-Displeased the colonies very much -
Townshend Acts
-New taxes on many common goods
-This was an indirect tax
-Profit went to the checks of government workers
-People were not happy about these -
Boston Massacre
-British soldiers who were being harrased in the streets of Boston killed those threatening them
-Very controversial and important in the road to the Revolution
-Killed and wounded many -
Boston Tea Party
-A group of rebels threw tea off of a ship into the ocean
-The did this to protest the Tea Tax
-Britain and the King were very very angry about this -
Intolerable Acts
-Many new laws placed on the colonies by Britain
-The colonists thought these to be intolerable
- Some inlcluded taxes, getting rid of local government, etc. -
The First Continental Congress
-A group of powerful people from almost all the colonies met
-They decided what they could and would do about what has been happening lately
-Eventually this group makes the Declaration and sends it to the King