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Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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.
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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.
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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.
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SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY

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

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

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

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