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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was pretty cool because they were fighting together. The England soldiers didn't know that the Indians were allies with the French. Well, the England citizens didn't know that.UH OH! -
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The Royal Proclamation
England controlled so much of North America, colonists headed to different places. When the king of England heard this, he said no one can go past the Appalachian Mountains. -
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The Quartering act
Colonists were forced to give living spaces to British soldiers. They had to give them food, beds, and even buildings! -
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The Stamp Act
The king hated losing money. He thought the colonists should be taxed because they won the war. So, he taxed all the paper. Boy, did this cause a riot. -
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The Townshend acts
British government official Charles Townshend hoped to lower taxes.But England still needed money. Colonists were mad and confused and didn't trust their mother country. -
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The Boston Massacre
One March, an angry mob approached some British soldiers, and started throwing snowballs at them! The redcoats heard "FIRE!" and started firing at the people throwing snowballs. Five Americans were killed. Paul Revere made a painting, and it was only "redcoats" who were firing, even though the colonists started the whole thing. -
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The Tea Act
The Tea Act was only nice for one person, King George. The colonists could only buy tea from the British East India Company. Thankfully for them, they had smugglers. The colonists didn't like it so much, they started blocking the ships from unpacking tea. The colonists started planning. -
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The Boston Tea Party
On a December night, several colonists dressed up as Native Americans so they could throw tea into the ocean. The colonists dumped 90,000 pounds of tea in the ocean, whew! That is a lot of tea. They did not destroy the crates though, because those were the colonists crates. This act was a huge step to the American Revolution. -
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The Intolerable Acts
The king got really mad, oh sorry, EXTREMELY mad. He closed the Boston Harbor for business, he even said British soldiers accused of a crime, should be tried in Britain, not in the colonies. Massachusetts lost its charter. He reinforced the Quartering Acts, and man people got angry!