FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

• In 1754, fighting broke out for a fourth time.
• Each war ended with an uneasy peace.
• The opening shots were shot by Washington soldiers.

PROCLAMATION OF 1763

• Colonists were not aloud to settle west of the line.
• Not a lot of troops went to the frontier.
• Settlers west of the line had to move at once.

SUGAR ACT/STAMP ACT

• They taxed molasses.
• The sugar act of 1764 lowered the tax.
• Stamp act taxed newspaper.
• It taxed dice and playing cards.

TOWNSHEND ACTS

• A man's house is his castle; and while he is quiet, he is guarded like a prince.
• Colonists angrily cited the words of James Otis of Massachusetts.
• Taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY

• Some women joined the daughters of liberty.
• They visited merchants and urged them to boycott British imports.

QUARTERING ACT

• Let soldiers in colonists houses.
• Britain was trying to bully the colonists.
• Britain bulled the colonists by taxing them.

BOSTON MASSACRE

• Sam Adams wrote about the outrage of the shooting.
• The soldiers were arrested and tried in court.
• At the trial, Adams argued that the crowd provoked soldiers.

COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

• They regularly wrote letters to colonies.
• Within three months, 80 committees in Massachusetts.

TEA ACT

• Parliament hoped this would encourage Americans buy more tea.
• The tax was a small one, but colonists resented it.

BOSTON TEA PARTY

• Three ships loaded with tea reached Boston harbor in late November 1773
• Tea was dumped into the harbor under a full moon.

INTOLERABLE ACTS

• Colonists called the four laws they passed the intolerable Acts.
• First parliament shut down the port of Boston.
• Second parliament forbade colonists to hold town meetings.
• Third parliament charged with major crimes.
• Fourth parliament passed a new Quartering Act.

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

• Minutemen prepared to fight at a minute's notice.
• Gage planned a surprise march to concord to seize the arms.

BY JOHNE TAYLOR