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The Story of Great Britain and the Colonists

The Story of Great Britain and the Colonists. By: Grace Watwood and Aline Grace. The French and Indian War. The Britain and the French were fighting over land. The British and the French fought for 10 years. The British win the war.

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The Story of Great Britain and the Colonists

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  1. The Story of Great Britain and the Colonists By: Grace Watwood and Aline Grace

  2. The French and Indian War • The Britain and the French were fighting over land. • The British and the French fought for 10 years. • The British win the war. • The British become in debt with an amount that would equal 30 billion dollars today.

  3. The French and Indian War

  4. The Proclamation of 1763 • After the French and Indian War, many colonists moved west into the land that Britain had. • Great Britain protects the colonists from the Native Americans. • The colonists were forbidden to go west of the Appalachian Mountains.

  5.  SORRY  Sorry we could not find a picture for the proclamation of 1763. 

  6. The Quartering Act • Great Britain sent soldiers to protect colonist. • The colonist had to support the soldiers with clothing, food, and letting them live in their house. • The colonists did not like to support the soldiers.

  7. The Quartering Act

  8. The Stamp Act • The colonists had to pay a tax on paper goods like playing cards and newspapers. • The colonists were angry that they had to pay taxes on paper goods.

  9. The Stamp Act

  10. The Boston Massacre • The colonists was making fun of one of the British soldiers and he called for help. • The colonists got punished by murdered.

  11. The Boston Massacre

  12. The Boston Tea Party • The colonists did not want to be forced to buy British tea. • The colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians. • The colonists dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor.

  13. The Boston Tea Party

  14. The Intolerable Acts • The colonists were restricted from the Boston Harbor. • Colonist gathered in Philly to figure out how to defy Britian.

  15. The Intolerable Acts

  16. Townshend Act • Charles Townshend the treasurer of the British government called in for new taxes in 1767. • Which said, the colonists had to pay taxes on all the tea, paper, glass, lead, and paint that they imported from Britain.

  17. THE END • Hope you liked this slide show!

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