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Founding of the Colonies
they wanted to have a sense of independence, trade, and Britain was very far away so it was hard for Britain to control them when they are 3000 miles away -
"No Taxation Without Representation"
the British taxed the colonists because of the Boston Tea Party and the colonists thought that it was unfair that they had no say in government -
Beginning of the French and Indian War
It happened on the eastern side North America because the British were jealous over how much land the French had and how much money the French were making with the fur trade -
Begining of French and Indian War
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End of French and Indian War
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End of French and Indian War
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Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Currency Act, Quartering Act
Laws the British put into place to pay for the French and Indian War -
Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act
-Sugar act is the tax put on sugar and molasses
- Currency act removed devalued paper currency from circulation (essentially made it so you could only use british money)
- Stamp act is when only the colonists had to pay a tax on every paper goods (paper, stamps, cards, anything made of paper)
- Quartering act forced residents in certain colonies to house and feed British soldiers serving in America -
Sons of Liberty
Secretive groups of prominent citizens who led protests against British taxes and regulations; influence grew in 1765 after passage of the Stamp Act -
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The Road to Revolution
The events that lead to the Revolutionary War -
Boston Tea Party
a protest by the Sons of Liberty, where they dumped roughly 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor -
First Continental Congress
12 delegates from the 13 colonies met to discuss the Intolerable Acts -
Intolerable Acts
the British response to the Boston Tea Party, they pretty much said “you guys are being annoying little brats, we’re gonna put you back in your place by taxing you.” -
Paul Revere's "Ride"
Paul Revere and William Dawes went to Lexington to warn Adams and Hancock that the British were coming, and then went to Concord to tell others -
Lexington and Concord
Britain wanted to ransack some towns so they did, and it bit them in the butt -
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
Thomas Paine made a pamphlet that challenged the authority and royal monarchy of the British government and it was the first open act of defiance -
Boston Blockade
great Britain set up a whole armada of ships outside the harbor so they can’t trade at all, and refused to remove the ships until they colonists paid for the nearly 1 million dollars (today’s money) tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party