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French & Indian war
The British & the French where disagreeing about land. Britain declared war on France for being on their land. The war ended with the French gaining most of the land, the Indians having to move, and Britain losing ,oust of their land. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was a document issued by King George. It was issued after the French & Indian war when Britain tried to aquire Frances land. It forbade all settlement past the Appalachian mountains. -
Sugar act
This was a modified version of the sugar & molasses law passed by the parliament. Under this act merchants had to pay taxes on mollasses. They had to pay 6 pence for foreign mollasses. -
Townsend acts
These where a series of acts passed on Britains people. They where to collect revenue to be able to pay the government officials. A lot of the acts where taken back the the tea act stayed. -
Boston Massacre
a street fight Between colonists throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea act
This was the last act to tax colonists before the Boston tea party. This is when the colonists really starting hating the government/King George. The government was going to start taxing them for tea coming in & selling it. -
Boston tea party
A protest against the British government from the colonists. The colonists destroyed an entire shipment of tea from east India. Obviously the British didnt react well to this and this was the beginning to the American Revolution. -
Intolerable act
The American patriots series of laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston tea party. These where ment to punish the colonists in Massachusetts. They felt that there actions at the Boston Tea Party where unacceptable & they needed consequences. -
Declaration of Independence
This is A document adopted by the continental congress. It has all the ideas the founding fathers wanted for America. It was there way of telling Britain that they where declaring independence from them. -
The stamp act
A tax that was put on Britains people. The tax was for a great variety papers & documents that had stamps on them & the colonists would have to pay.n this would make the king/government have more money & the colonists thought it was unfair
