The American Revolution And the events leading up to it

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The American Revolution And the events leading
up to it
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The Molasses Act

• The molasses act was an act where King George put
  a tax on molasses.
• The colonist asked King George to repeal this tax
  but he refused.
• Another law that was part of the act was that
  traders in New England could only trade with the
  British isles

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French and Indian war

• The French and Indian war lasted from 1754-1763
  the Europeans called it the seven years war.
• The French and Indian war was sided by the
  British and the Americans and the French and
  Indians.
• The British and the Americans won the war and the
  French lost a lot of land

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The Proclamation of 1763

• The proclamation of 1763 stated that no one could
  move any farther west of the Appalachian
  mountains
• It also stated that those already living on the
  west of the Appalachian mountains had to move
  back across.
• The land beyond the west of the Appalachian
  mountains belonged to the French

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Stamp and Townshend act

• The stamp act stated that there was a tax on 54
  kinds of paper.
• If you did not pay your taxes you got in trouble
• The Townshend act put a tax on glass, paper, tea
  and paint.

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The sons of liberty and their motto

• The sons of liberties motto was join or die
• The sons of liberty snuck in to the houses of the
  tax collectors and beat them badly.
• The sons of liberty were against paying taxes.
  

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The Boston Massacre

• The Boston massacre was simply a group of
  soldiers gunning down a group of colonists.
• They gunned down the people because they were
  throwing snowballs at them.
• One of the first to go down in this act was
  Crispus Attucks

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The Boston tea party

• The Boston tea party was when colonists threw
  English tea into the harbor.
• They threw about 75,000 dollars away!
• The colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians.

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The first Continental Congress

• Some people thought that the Boston tea party was
  wrong and offered to pay for the damages
• The first continental congress met in September
  1774.
• They decided to cut all trade to England.

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Paul revere and the minute men

• On the night of April 18, 1775 Paul revere warned
  Boston and Lexington to warn the people of the
  march
• Minute men were men that were ready for trouble
  at a minutes notice
• Paul revere was captured but escaped

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Lexington Concord

• On April 19, 1775 the battles of Lexington and
  Concord began.
• The first shot fired was called the shot heard
  round the world.
• This shot was called that because of the impact
  of war that followed.

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Bunker Hill (breeds hill)

• The British were forced back by the colonists
  twice.
• The colonial army lost 140 men, the british lost
  1000 men.
• The british won this battle.

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2nd Continental Congress

• The congress wanted to try to get the southern
  colonies to help.
• They selected George Washington as general.
• He had also fought in the French Indian war.

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Ethan Allen

• Ethan Allen led the green mountain men.
• They took over fort Ticonderoga.
• The British surrendered to the great Jehovah and
  the first Continental Congress.