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- Prior to the French Indian war
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- 1754: The beginning of the French Indian War (7 years in)
- No our land!
- Our land!
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- 1763: The Treaty of Paris ends the war
- you can't settle here
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- 1764–1765: Taxation Policies Ignite Resistance
- Before the French Indian war everyone was civil and lived in peace and tolerance amongst eachother.
- NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
- Get rid of the British rule
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- 1767 Townshend Acts
- Conflict between the British French over land territory claims with Native American tribes aligning on both sides
- No more tax!
- BOYCOTT THIS PLACE
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- 1770: The Boston Massacre
- Britain gained many territories but were left with an extreme war debt. The proclamation of 1763 restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns, angering the colonists
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- 1773: The Boston Tea Party
- In 1764 the Sugar Act and the Currency Act passed. The sugar act effects the price of sugar and molasses imports. The act angered many colonist. And the currency act restricted colonists from issuing paper money They thought that it was unfair not only because it affected their money but because the act violated some fundamental principles of freedom. In 1765 the Stamp Act was enacted. That act made colonist have to buy stamps for legal documents and other things. The Stamp Act congress meets, declaring taxation without representation a violation of colonial rights. This act made it so that ALL colonist leading to protests, boycotts and as a whole growing and turning against the British rule.
- tea
- tea
- tea
- tea
- tea
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- 1774: The Coercive Acts and First Continental Congress
- After the Stamp Act was repealed in 1766 the Townshend Acts were put in place in 1767. The Townshend acts were a series of taxes and regulations passed by the British Parliament. Taxes were imposed on imports like glass, tea and paper and the colonist were not happy about it. The colonist began to boycott and protest causing the tension to rise.
- we do not want yall here
- The Coercive Acts also called the Intolerable Acts were a series of 4 four laws enacted by the British Parliament as a punishment to Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Port Act closed down the Boston Harbor. Massachusetts Government Act curtails colonial self-governance. The Quartering Act required colonists to allow British troops to stay in their houses. Then in september of 1774 The First Continental Congress convenes in Philly. Delegates from 12 colonies besides Georgia agreed to boycott British goods and drafted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
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- 1775: Open Conflict Begins
- The Boston Massacre started off as a brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier which from there escalated to a violent and deadly situation. British Soldiers shot into a crowd of American colonist killing five people. This event fueled and intensified anti-british sentiment and propaganda among the colonists, creating an even deeper hatred towards the British rule and military pushing them closer to seeking independence.
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- June 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill.
- The Boston Tea party was a political protest in which American colonists were still angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation. Therefore they disguised themselves as the Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor
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- 1776: The Road to Independence
- COMMON SENSEAddressed to theINHABITANTSofAMERICA on the following intereftingSUBJECTS.
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- March 1776: The British evacuated Boston following the Siege of Boston, boosting colonial morale.
- In April of 1775 the Battles of Lexington and Concord marks the start of conflict between colonial militias and British troops. In May of 1775 the second Continental Congress convenes. Congress assumes leadership of the war effort and appoints George Washington as the commander of the Continental Army.
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- June 1776: Richard Henry Lee introduces the Resolution for Independence to the Continental Congress.
- The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle the first major battle of the American Revolution. Although the British won, heavy casualties demonstrated colonial resolve.
- The Lee Resolution, also known as resolution of independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress declaring that the 13 colonies to be free and independent from British rule.
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- July 2, 1776: Continental Congress votes to support Lee’s resolution, declaring independence.
- In January 1776 Thomas Paine published Common Sense . Thomas Paine argues for complete independence, attacking monarchy and advocating for a republic. The pamphlet galvanized public opinion in favor of independence.
- We agree!
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- July 4, 1776: Adoption of the Declaration of Independence, primarily authored by Thomas Jefferson.
- The Siege of Boston was an 11-month conflict that was basically the opening phase of the Revolutionary War. The British troops and other forces are being forced to evacuate Boston in fear of a brutal bombardment.
- IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776.A DECLARATIONBY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,IN GENERAL CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.-THOMAS JEFFERSONThe Declaration of Independence is an document that announce the official Independence and separation of the 13 colonies from the Britain rule and established the principles of the United States government.
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