My time line before the Revolutionary War

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My time line before the Revolutionary War
Proclamation 1763
Townshend Acts of 1767
Tea Act of May 1773
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Stamp Act of 1765
Boston Massacre of 1770
French and Indian War 1760
Boston Tea Party of 1773
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The French and Indian War

• The French and Indian War was fought by the
  French and the English settlers. Reasons for the
  war was the settlers were envading west to the
  Ohio Valley which was already given to the
  Indians. The English settlers needed help with
  the war so they asked the British if they would
  send over some troops to fight their war. The
  British did and that left them in debt. The
  English settlers won the war and told the French
  to leave.

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Proclamation of 1763

• The British are in debt and they need to put more
  money into the Royal Treasury. First way they do
  that is they write the Proclamation of 1763 which
  enables them to keep the settlers on this side of
  the mountains. It was a smart move on the kings
  part. This kept the settlers out of the Indian
  territory and kept both of the sides at peace.
  The settlers thought he would never know if we
  crossed the mountains so they did. The king heard
  of this so he kept troops there. He didnt have
  the money nor the supplies to feed and house them
  so he ordered the Quartering Act the stated the
  colonist had to house the troops. The colonist
  didnt like that.

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Stamp Act of 1765

• The stamp act taxed all legal documents,
  newspapers, and even decks of cards. The king and
  a stamp and if it wasnt on the documents the
  papers werent legal. Those caught disobeying
  this law was tried in no jury courts. The
  colonist were outraged because they didnt have
  representation in Parliament, and Parliament
  therefore could not tax them. Over in England
  the people were being taxed 25 times more over.
  So the colonist didnt have any right to complain
  about the taxes.

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Townshend Acts of 1767

• First of the Townshend Acts suspended the New
  York assembly. The lawmakers couldnt do any
  business until the troops needs were met. The
  colonist wondered were their liberties at risk.
  They realized this was just another way to raise
  revenue. The colonist set up a meeting were they
  voted they should boycott British goods. The Sons
  of Liberty, a group of unknown citizens,
  pressured shop keepers to stop selling British
  goods.

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The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Massacre was an accident. It could
  have been prevented if the colonist didnt start
  throwing snowballs at the troops. The general was
  marching up the streets where the mob had
  gathered. A snowball hit a man and he fell
  backwards, his gun shoot off. The other troops
  started to fire into the mob, 5 people were
  killed. Two soldiers were court-martialed the
  other soldier went free of charges.

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The Intolerable Acts

• The intolerable acts, known to them, closed the
  Boston harbor, greatly restricted representive
  government in Massachusetts. It made the colonist
  house the troops, troops accused of a crime went
  to trail in Britian. During this time we were
  sewing into our heads the idea of a revolution.

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Tea Act of 1773

• The Tea Act is when the British put a tax on all
  imported tea. This tax was 6penance. That means
  if they drank one gallon of tea a day for one
  year the tax that they paid would have been one
  dollar. Over in Britian the taxes were 22times
  higher than in the colonies so they had no reason
  to be upset about being taxed. The colonist were
  so mad they threw tea into the Boston harbor.

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Boston Tea Party of 1773

• The Boston Tea Party was a way for the colonist
  to get the Britishs attention. Two Sons of
  Liberty members dressed up as Idains and bored
  the ship the was bringing in tea the stole the
  tea and threw it into the Boston harbor.