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The start of the French and Indian war leading to the American Revolution
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French and Indian War
A war between the French and its Indian allies against the British. They fought over territory of the forts. French and its Indian allies had a edge over the British taking forts in Lake Ontario and Lake George. Then later in the war the British cut off French supplies and the British won and left the land with no French or Indians in the colonies. Finally the war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 -
Pontiac's Rebellion
The Indians rebelled against the British. They suprised th British by capturing most of their forts in the Ohio River Valley and along the Great Lakes.The Indians goal was to weaken the British and lure the French back into North America. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is basically the act of taxing the colonists for more on stamps wich created a huge uproar. -
Sugar Act
A indirect tax that Parliament passed that basically taxes the colonists on sugar. -
Townshends Acts
The colonists revived their protests and paying their debt and supporting the troops of the colonies. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act could and should pay more for the Empire of the British to benefit them. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty believed that we all ahould have natural rights and the right to bring down the Britsh and the American Liberty. -
Committees of Correspondence
A network of local groups that inform the colonists but something important about government thats going to happen in the future. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Patriots would dress like Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor which started from Parliament passing the act. -
Boston Massacre
A incident when the British killed five colonists making the Boston Massacre.