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Moving West
Shortly after the French Indian war the Americans wanted to move west but a decree by King George the 3rd did not allow this -
The Creation of the Stamp Act
After the French Indian war, the colonist needed to pay off their war debt. They did this by taxing the Americans on nearly everything this (of course) upset the Colonists -
The Boston massacre
After the stamp act was passed the Americans had had enough and protested but the British felt threatend and fired -
The Boston tea party
after removing all tax (besides the tea tax) Americans decided that still wasn't good enough and so they dumped tea into the Boston harbor -
The Intolerable acts
After the British had tried everything but making more taxes, and as you can see that didnt work out for them -
The first Continental congress
Americas sons of Liberty were going to be tried in Britan but America said "these our own people" and formed the first conteinental congress
