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The Seven Years War
It was a imperial war that was between global conflict that spanned five continents, mainly Britain and France, over control of the Ohio territory. Solidified Britain’s stance as the most dominant European country in the world. Britain attempted to increase control on the American colonies. This war affect the American Revolution because it led to colonial discontent. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. Tax stamp were on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards. The Stamp Act was a major cause of the American Revolution because taxation without representation. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a two or more Acts of British Parliament. This Act required the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food. People were being taxed to pay for things for the army. -
Boston Massacre
A mob gathered in front of the Boston Customs House and taunted the British soldiers. Shots were fired and five colonists were killed or wounded. It quickly became a bloody slaughter. It although started off as a minor fight which became a turning point in the beginning in the American Revolution. The fight happened at the capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists started the violent part of the revolution because there was direct response to British taxation policies in the North American colonies. Overall the destruction of 342 crates of British tea happened through the Boston Tea Party. The British response to the Boston Tea Party was to impose even more stringent policies on the Massachusetts colony. The Boston Tea Party was a sharking of the American Revolution. -
Women in American Revolution
In The American Revolution women had a main role. They made clothes by hand, worked with produce foods, helped the army by giving them supplies and helped the wounded. -
Fighting at Lexington and Concord
Fighting at Lexington and Concord was a major military victory and displayed to the British and King George III. IN this fight 700 British troops were headed for Concord. Eight minutemen were killed and ten more were wounded, but only one British soldier was injured. The Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the Revolutionary War, lasted only 15 minutes and it was the first military conflict in the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
Continental Congress finally decided to urge each colony to form its own government. The Declaration of Independence is a document declared the rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” to be “unalienable” rights and all men are created equal. On July 2, 1776, the delegates voted unanimously that the American colonies were free. This event happened affected the American Revolution because it was written and passed to give England complete control over the thirteen colonies.
