Drake J. Road to Revolution
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- French and Indian War 1756-1763
- No!
- get off our land
- Yeah it’s not yours
- Stamp Act 1765
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- Stamp
- Boston Tea Party 1773
- The French started to build forts in the Ohio River Valley the British did not like that so the British stared to build forts. That’s when war started because they both thought it was there land.this war lasted 7 years 1756-1763. The French Eventuality surrendered this war ended with The Treaty Of Parish. The Treaty Of Parish is what ended the war and the British gained a lot of land.
- Intolerable Acts 1774
- The Intolerable Acts
- The war was very expensive so they had to start taxing the Colonists. Then a law passed that said they had to put stamps on products. They had to put them on newspapers, lisinses, and wills. This angered the Colonists. Parliament passed this law.
- First Continental Congress Oct. 1774
- A group of Colonists called the Sons Liberty went to port cities to stop the East Indian Company from tea being unloaded.They threatened the ship captains and said they would buy it. A large group of men disguised as Native Americans and boarded the ship. They dumped 342 crates or 90,000 LBS.
- Second Continental Congress 1775
- We need to form an army in case we need to fight the British
- No!
- Yeah
- No we should let Britain win
- Yes if we half to fight for independence we should
- the Boston tea party made the British mad. In response the British passed four laws. These laws were so harsh that it was called the intolerable acts. The first act closed the port of Boston. Two increased the power of the royal governor. The fourth law strengthened the 1765 Quartering Act.
- We don’t want this
- Yeah
- These laws are not fair
- People were very mad about the intolerable Acts. Twealve out of the 13 colonies sent delegates, only Georgia did not. They demanded the Intolerable Acts would end. They also wanted to train a milisha.
- Yah, they are ridiculous
- The intolerable acts need to end
- they talked about forming an army. They sent two a posing messages to king Gourge.This showed that weren’t shore what to do. The a posing messages names are The Olive Branch petition and The Declaration Of Causes and Nceitions Of Taking Up Arms. The Loyalist are enslaved African Americans, Native Americans and wealthy people they want To stay loyal to Britain. The Patriots wanted independence and were willing to fight for it. The loyalist were the Olive Branch Petition and the Declaration of Causes And nececitos of Taking Up Arms are the Patriots.
- Yes!
- No!
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