Boston and Britain Tensions!
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Boston and Britain Boston and Britain Tensions! Tensions! BY Michelle and Mason BY Michelle and Mason
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Boston and Britain Tensions!. BY Michelle and Mason. The French and Indian war. Britian,france,and Spain fight for territory. They fought in many different places. One time when they fought for the Ohio river it turned into a war the French and the Indian war. The proclamation of 1763. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Boston and Britain Boston and Britain Tensions!Tensions!
BY Michelle and MasonBY Michelle and Mason
The French and Indian war
• Britian,france,and Spain fight for territory.
• They fought in many different places.
• One time when they fought for the Ohio river it turned into a war the French and the Indian war.
The proclamation of 1763The proclamation of 1763• After the French
and Indian war was over the British moved into the land they had won
• The Americans were afraid that this movement of the settlers would destroy their way of life
The quartering act The quartering act
The British decided to make the The British decided to make the colonists provide quarters for the colonists provide quarters for the British troops.British troops.
After that the colonists got mad and After that the colonists got mad and destroyed Governor Hutchinson's destroyed Governor Hutchinson's house. house.
The stamp actThe stamp act
• After the war Britain was in debt.After the war Britain was in debt.
• To pay off the debt, Britain passed an To pay off the debt, Britain passed an act that taxed colonists on all the act that taxed colonists on all the goods that was sailed over. goods that was sailed over.
The Boston massacreThe Boston massacre
The colonists got mad about all this and The colonists got mad about all this and were calling the British soldiers lobster were calling the British soldiers lobster backs.backs.
The leader of the soldiers said don’t fire, The leader of the soldiers said don’t fire, someone heard only fire and shot then someone heard only fire and shot then the rest of the soldiers shot.the rest of the soldiers shot.
Five people ended up dyeing seven were Five people ended up dyeing seven were wounded. wounded.
The Boston tea party
• The colonists got mad because of the tea act, so the sons of liberty revolted.
• The sons of liberty dumped all the imported tea.
The Intolerable actsThe Intolerable acts
The intolerable acts was the way of The intolerable acts was the way of the colonists to get back at the the colonists to get back at the British.British.
The colonists put people in feathers The colonists put people in feathers and pored tea down there throat. and pored tea down there throat.
