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Events Leading to the Revolution

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Events Leading to the Revolution

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Events leading to the revolutionary war

The French and Indian war was fought over the

 FORKS OF THE OHIO

The Proclamation line of 1765 was a agreement that the colonists

WOULD NOT PASS THE WEST SIDE OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.

The Stamp Act was one of the many taxes were used to help pay off the

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

for every piece of paper the colonists used you had to buy a stamp for

THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT PIECE OF PAPER.

the quartering act was a tax that you had to CARE for a british soldier(S)

THAT WALKED INTO YOUR HOUSE AND ASKS FOR ANYTHING HE(S) WANTED.

The Townshend Act were used to raise revenue so that the colonists

SO AND WOULD PAY FOR THE GOVERNOR AND JUDGES SO THAT THEY REMAIN LOYAL. 

The boston massacre was the killing of five male bostonians  because

THEY WERE CURSING AND THROWING SNOWBALLS AT BRITISH SOLDIERS.

THe teas act was a direct tax on sthe colonists to help save the

BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY FROM BANKRUPTCY.

THE INTOLERABLE ACTS WERE NOT TAXES, BUT LAWS TO TRY AND KEEP THE COLONISTS

FROM RIOTING AND BECOMING MORE AND MORE INDEPENDENT.

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY WAS A PROTEST ON THE TAX ON TEA, SO THE SONS OF

LIBERTY DRESSED UP AS INDIANS WENT ON THE BOAT AND THREW THE TEA OVERBOARD.