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EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THE REVOULOTIONAR WAR. by:DEE KEY, KAILEE NASH. The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party.
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EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THE REVOULOTIONAR WAR by:DEE KEY, KAILEE NASH
The Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party The colonist did not want to pay taxes on tea and they couldn't buy tea from any where else so they dressed up like native Americans and took the tea and they through it in the Boston harbor and poured over 90,000 pounds of tea so now the Boston harbor looks like a big pot of tea.
The Stamp Act • After fighting the French and Indian war, Britain needed money to pay its debts. Britain also needed to pay for the soldiers who remained in America British leaders also thought that the colonist should also help pay for the troops.
The Boston massacre The Boston massacre • In 1770, the colonist where still angry that British soldiers where living in there towns and cities. They also thought that the soldiers where rowdy and rude. Then things got worse the colonist called the British soldiers names like lobster back and so then the one solider called for help then seven more soldiers came and one thought he heard fire so when he fired the other soldiers fired and so 5 got killed and 6 got wounded The Boston massacre
The Quartering Act • The British government left thousands of solders in the colonies to protect the colonist after the French and Indian war. The British were afraid the native Americans or Spanish settlers in Florida might attack the colonies.
proclamation of 1763 The tow the townshed acts After, the French and Indian war
Townshend acts Townshend acts • Colonist had to pay taxes on all the tea, paper, glass, lead, and paint they imported from Britain.