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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a seven-year war between England and the American colonies, against the French and some of the Indians in North America. When the war ended, France was no longer in control of Canada. The Indians were defeated. Great Britain spent alot of money fighting the war and colonists fully participated in this war. Both had a great effect on the future of the colonies. this event is a 10 because of the large batttle
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the Proclamation Line of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 limited the new colonists to only the land east of the appalachian mountains. The colonists chose to ignore this rule and settled past the line anyways. This new law did not affect the movement towards the revolution much because it was just shrugged off by both parties. i give this event a 3.
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act put a tax by the British Parliament on the colonies, it required that printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying a revenue stamp. These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. I give this act only a 5 because acts can be ignored without major consequence most of the time. http://etc.usf.edu -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a small fight between a patriot mob, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to lots of overexxagerating propaganda depicting what happened. many colonists threw sticks and snowballs at the british soldiers and the british soldiers drew their weapons and fired upon the americans. Due to the overexxageratedness of the boston "massacre" many colonsits went up in arms against the british which i rank as a 7 out of 10.http://www.sonofthesou -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the final straw towards revolution in boston. The act was designed to prop up the East India Company which was burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. It was being sold to boston at discount prices. This event was the last straw in the lead up to the revolution so i give it a 10.http://withfriendship.com/images/i/41486/Tea-Act-image.jpg
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Boston Tea Party
on November 28, 1773 a british trading ship carrying crates of tea, arrived in boston. Samuel Adams and other patriotic radicals did not want the ship to dock in the harbor. he and his mobs roamed around threatening iolence if they were challenged by police. a group of about 50 people deguised themselves as indians and boarded the ship where they dumped all the tea into the boston harbour as an act of revolt. The "tea party" was quickly copied in other port cities. 7 because of widespread copy -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. The acts started an outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. This event gets a 6 because of its firing up of the colonists to fight away from britian.
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The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of representatives that met together to for a list of grievances of the colonies towareds England. This was a big push towards revolution being as it is one of the pushes away from england by telling the king their complaints. i give this event a 6.
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Lexington and Concord
Britain's General Gage sent out groups of British soldiers living in Boston to Lexington, where they tried to capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then Concord, where they seized gunpowder. Spies and friends of the Americans leaked word of Gage's plan and the two cities were alerted and prepaired by john hancock. This event is ranked as a 9 because it was the beginning of the revolution.
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Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was run by John Hancock, all of the colonies sent delegates except georgia whos delegation didnt arrive until fall. At the time congress lacked the athourity to govern and they wanted to change that. i give this event a 7 because it openly rebelled agianst britian.
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The enlightenment
The period of new ideas from the philosophers including john locke, thomas hobbes,voltaire, montesquieu, and Rousseau. These philosophers all had their own ideas on how a succesful government should be run ane they all believed they were right about their opinions. This span of time gets a 9 because it was one of the biggest changes in early america becoming independent.
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Decleration of Independence
the Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia voted to break its ties from Great Britain permanently. The Delclerations main points were to get colonists to realize that loyalty to britain was a lost cause and to get other nations to help them with their struggle for indepencence.http://www.stars-n-dice.com/images/declaration-of-independence.jpg
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