American Revolution Interactive Timeline

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American Revolution Interactive Timeline
1770
1756-1763
1765
Boston massacre
1773
French and Indian war
Stamp act
Boston tea party
tea act
Intolerable act
Proclamation of 1763
Townshend act
1773
1767
1774
1763
By Austin Selhorst
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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war started in 1754 and
ended in 1763.This war was know as the seven
years war. The British land the French and
Indians owned. So they went to war with the
British because they were going on there land.
After the war the British were in debt. So they
made the colonist pay taxes
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a law that the
British made that stated the colonist were not
aloud to go west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The colonist were mad so they retaliated by going
across anyways. The British said hey were not
going to fight another war for you. So they sent
troops over to guard the colonist to make sure
there not going across.
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Stamp act

• The stamp act was passed by the British
  Parliament march 22 1765. The stamp act required
  the colonist to pay a tax on every printed piece
  of paper they used. the colonist were mad So the
  Virginia house of burgesses made the Patrick
  Henry stamp act resolve. It stated that you were
  aloud to be taxed by your own kind.

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TownShend act

• The Townshend act was a tax on special items such
  as Lead, paint, paper, glass, and tea imported by
  the colonist. This made the colonist angry. Later
  on all taxes were repealed except for the tax on
  tea. The colonist then boycotted all English
  items.

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Boston Massacre

• The Boston massacre all started when the colonist
  started calling the British soldiers names. Then
  some called out fire and know one knew who said
  it, but the British soldiers turned around and
  fired there guns into the crowd. Seven Months
  later the colonist brought the troops to court
  for murder. The troops were acquitted of all
  charges.

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Tea act

• The Tea act was a tax placed on tea buy the
  British. The colonist were mad some colonist
  excepted the tax others bought from a different
  country for higher prices just to avoid giving
  the British more money. This all lead up to the
  Boston tea party.

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Boston tea party

• Several Men rowed there boats out to the Boston
  tea ships. They climbed on board and dumped ten
  thousand pounds of tea into the water. This event
  was know as the Boston tea party.

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Intolerable act

• There were five parts to the intolerable act the
  quartering act, the Boston port act, the
  administration of justice act, the Massachusetts
  government act, and the Quebec act. These all
  effected the colonist.