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French and Indian war
The French and Indian War was between France and England over land. The Indians were fighting with France and the colonies were with England. -
proclamation of 1763
It was an announcement that said that the land won in the French and Indian war would be the indians from the Appalachian mountain. -
Stamp Act 1765
It was passed by the British Parlament in March 1765. It required them to pay tax for every piece of paper they used.The money was used to pay the cost of the protection and to defend the American frontier in the Appalachian Mts. -
Townshend Acts
The series of four acts imposed duties of lead, paint, glass, paper and tea all the on the tax except for the tea were to get rid of. -
Tea Act
The east india Company famed for spreading english influence throughout India, they had fallen into hard times in the early 1770s. The British wanted money so they raised the cost of taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when americans took over the british ships that were holding tea and threw it in the ocean because of high taxes on tea. -
Lexington and Concord
The british General sent 700 troops to destroy guns and ammunition colonists had stored in the Town of Concord. They also planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock. -
Intolerable Acts
The Government spend a lot of money on troops to make Massachusetts behave. The troops destroyed good ships to the colony. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a document that declared America's independence from England. This meant that the colonists wanted their freedom and they were willing to fight for it. All the congress men signed the Declaration of independence. -
Boston Massacre
It was a shootout. The british troop shot a bunch of people because they had been verbally abused and thrown objects.
