America History
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Updated: 7 Sep 2018
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Created byLogan Jackson
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The Tea Act
They stopped with all the taxing
They just taxed on tea
It got colonists mad againThe Stamp Act and The Sugar Act
After a time the king repealed these acts
The start of the heavy taxes
Lasted around 8 yearsEngland wins the war but in major debt
Claims the land
Lost lots of money so the started taxing
Made colonists happier but then madBoston Massacre
Known as the Incident on King Street by the British
Where people got mad at the British for the taxes and a colonist attacked and it started a big fight
The British used flintlock muskets and killed 5 peopleCommittee of Correspondence
Shadow governments
Leaders of the Boston Tea Party
Fought for the rights of no taxesBoston Tea Party
Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to fight against the tea act
Over 1,000,000 today dollars worth of tea was dumped
Members of the Sons of Liberty planned this featThomas Paine published "Common Sense"
It made America think about making their own country
It told us we had the right resources
It made England madDeclaration of Independence was signed
The day of freedom from Britan
There are 56 signatures of different people on it
This pushed Britan of the rails and started the Revolutionary warPeriods
French and Indian War
England won the war
They also spent a lot of money on it
The war was a war for land.
.Colonists heavily taxed
The colonists got mad and protested
England needed money
It started warFirst Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies
The group said to boycott items from Britan until no taxes
This event partly kicked off the Reveloutionary WarRevolutionary War
Was a war for America to be free instead of being controlled by Britan
The colonist won so we stayed America
It helped us be the country we are too
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