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The American Revolution

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    French and Indian War

    England and Colonies vs France and Native Americans
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Colonists were not allowed to expand west and this upset them.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    All sugar and molasses imported had a tax.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    All legal documents had to have a stamp.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Colonists went to protest and began throwing rocks and snow at British troops, someone yelled fire and soldiers shot into crowd killing 5 people.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Colonists could only buy from British Merchants.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians and tossed tea crates into the sea. British were angered.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    The First battle of the Revolution also known as the shot heard around the world.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition
    The Second continental congress sent a petition as a last resort to prevent war. It stated that colonists were loyal to the crown and had rights. King James rejected it.