8th Grade SS
Category: Other
Updated: 6 Sep 2018
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Created byErin Hamilton
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Colonists Heavily Taxed
~English decided to tax the Colonists since they fought for them so they would be out of debt
~Colonists protest
~King George repeals most taxes except tea
~Tea, stamp, and townshed acts were put into place to raise taxesThe Boston Massacre
~Street fight between British soldiers and colonists
~Colonists were killed by the soldiers
~Committee of Correspondance rallied colonial opposition against British policiesBoston Tea Party
~A group of colonists protest against British oppression
~They attacked merchant ships in the Boston Harbor
~They tipped 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor; this was millions of dollars of tea back thenThomas Paine writes "Common Sense"
~A pamphlet that told people to challenge the authority of the British Government
~It openly asked for independence from BritainDeclaration Of Independence
~Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
~Sumarized the colonists' motivations to seek independence from Britain
~The day has been known and celebrated as Independence Day or the 4th Of JulyPeriods
French/Indian War
~war to decide if England or France would be the strong power in North America
~They each fought with their Indian allies
~England won
~The English were in debt from the warFirst Continental Congress
~Meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in response to the British being mad at the colonies for opposing their taxes
~Met from September 5 to October 26, 1773
~Met in Carpenter's HallRevolutionary War
~Known as the American War of Independence
~Started with the confrontation of British troops and militia
~The Americans signed a peace treaty with Britain, ending the war
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