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Navigation act
The navigation act was when the colonies had to trade raw materials to New England. Those materials were lumber, wool, iron, cotton, and tobacco. -
The Molasses Act
A British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the north american colonies from non-British countries. -
Fort Necessity
Fort Necessity was the fort the English used against the Indian and French to win the war. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a 7-year long war and It started because the French wanted the Ohio River valley for the beaver pelts so they could sell them but the Britsh ended up beating them on February 1763. -
The sugar act
The Sugar Act is a law that made molasses three pence so it could stop molasses smugglers. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act was a tax on paper goods, legal documents, playing cards, and anything with a stamp -
The Declaratory act
The declaratory act made it so that the colony or Britain could make any law or do anything they wanted law-wise. -
The town shed act
The Town Shed aact was a tax on glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea some of the most used items at the time for the colonists. -
The Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre started with snowballs when someone hit a red coat then everyone started to get involved there was a big crowd and the red coats began to line up as the captain had not given the order to fire but then a colonist hit a red coat with a club and as the red coat fell he shot then the rest of the red costs did to killing 4 people and injuring 6 -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of people from each colony except Georgia it was almost like reprintings for each colony came together and talked about boycotting. -
General Gage takes over Boston
When General Gage takes over he starts to go after people who are against the crown also known as patriots like the Sons of Liberty. -
Intolerable act
This act took away the right to self-government in the colonies and, made it under the English´s control -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act made it so red coats could just sleep in people's houses without their permission and the colonists could refuse them or kick them out. -
Administration of Justice
This act allowed the redcoats to get away with almost anything stuff like murder and if they didn't get let free the would go thru a trial -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act granted Britain the territory of Quebec and forced it to This was also put on to control the colonists -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere's Ride was a ride from Lexington to Concord It was Pual Revere and another guy named Prescot, Prescot told Paul "THE BRITSH ARE COMING THE BRITSH ARE COMING!!!¨ Then Paul made it to Concord and told them the same thing. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This battle is know also as Bunker Hill and the shot was heard across the world the first shot of this fight is unknown to this day it was a mission for the British to destroy the colonist's guns