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Proclamation of 1763 Video The British Parliament restricted any settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. This angered many colonists because the east coast was becoming more and more dense, and there was cheap land to be had in the west.
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The Sugar Act Song The Sugar Act was a part of the Grenville Acts that raised taxes on many different items. The Sugar Act specifically made sugar, coffee, and textiles more expensive angering many Americans.
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The Stamp Act Video This was the first direct tax placed on the American colonies in order to help fund British troops stationed in the colonies. This only increased cries about taxation without representation.
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The Virginia Resolution was Virginia professing the idea that only Virginia has the right to tax itself. No outside entity or higher power should have that right.
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This congress was created as a direct result of the Stamp Act. Many colonies sent representatives. Together they created a a petition against British Parliament.
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King George III Public Service Announcement Additional taxes that are placed on goods being imported into the American colonies.
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Boston Massacre - History Channel A clash between American protesters and British soldiers. Five colonists were killed, and six were injured. Newspapers and rebels used this as a propoganda piece to combat British loyalty in the colonies.
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King George III Tea Act Announcement The Tea Act creates a tax on tea, while also giving the East India Trading Company the ability to undercut colonial business.
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Boston Tea Party Video This was a protest in defiance of the Tea Act. Colonists dressed up as Indians and proceeded to dump hundreds of barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Samuel Adams speech to the Continental Congress Colonies are begining to unite and form a concerted opposition against the British government. They begin talking about the ideas that will be in the Declaration of Independence.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord Video The two skirmishes the signal the begining of the American Revolution.
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George Washington was one of the most popular colonial revolutionaries, and one of the only ones with military experience in the British military. This made him an obvious candidate to be the Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the first major victories that the Continental Army experienced. This was a huge moral booster for them and gave them hope to win the revolution.
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The American Colonies last chance at peace with the British Government. King George III rejects the proposition.
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Common Sense Video In Common Sense, Thomas Paine was able to take the ideas and objectives of the American Revolution and word them in a way that the common colonist can relate to and identify with. Many historians say that it saved the Decleration of Independence.
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Reading of the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is ratified. The American Colonies are now their own Nation.
