Events Leading Up Events Leading Up To The To The

Revolutionary WarRevolutionary WarBy: John Thomas By: John Thomas

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The French and Indian WarThe French and Indian War The clamming of Ohio The clamming of Ohio

river valley by the river valley by the British and French is British and French is what started the war.what started the war.

The war started in The war started in 1754 and lasted 1754 and lasted almost 10 years. almost 10 years.

The Native Americans The Native Americans teamed with French teamed with French because the French because the French treated Native treated Native Americans well.Americans well.

Proclamation of 1763Proclamation of 1763 The proclamation kept The proclamation kept

the colonist from moving the colonist from moving west or northwest past west or northwest past the Appalachian the Appalachian Mountains.Mountains.

The King was trying to The King was trying to protect the colonist by protect the colonist by keeping the colonist from keeping the colonist from the Native Americans.the Native Americans.

It made lots of colonist It made lots of colonist mad because they were mad because they were excited to move west excited to move west then the king just gives it then the king just gives it back to the Nativesback to the Natives..

The Quartering Act The Quartering Act

This law was past This law was past when the French when the French and Indian war and Indian war ended to also ended to also protect them just protect them just in case the French in case the French or Indians came or Indians came and attack the and attack the colonist.colonist.

The Stamp ActThe Stamp Act This act made colonist This act made colonist

pay tax on all paper pay tax on all paper products.products.

The tax helped the The tax helped the British pay debt that the British pay debt that the British ganged during British ganged during the French and Indian the French and Indian war.war.

The stamp act was The stamp act was repealed March 1765.repealed March 1765.

The colonist said that The colonist said that this law was taxation this law was taxation without representation. without representation.

The Boston MassacreThe Boston Massacre

the Boston Massacre the Boston Massacre happened on March 5, happened on March 5, 1770.1770.

3 died 8 injured 2 died 3 died 8 injured 2 died later on.later on.

A mob of people were A mob of people were throwing snow, stones, throwing snow, stones, and stick at a soldiers. and stick at a soldiers. Then the soldier called Then the soldier called more soldiers in. The more soldiers in. The captain said don’t fire captain said don’t fire and one of them thought and one of them thought he said fire so he fired. he said fire so he fired.

The Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party

This was on This was on December 16, 1773December 16, 1773

A group of men A group of men dressed up as dressed up as Mohawk “Indians” Mohawk “Indians” Native AmericansNative Americans

They boarded the They boarded the ships and slip the ships and slip the boxes and pored boxes and pored 90,000 pounds of tea 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbor. into the harbor.

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