Rylie Campbell-Events Leading Up to the Revolutionary War

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    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War from 1754-1763 was a conflict between Great Britain and France over their territorial possessions in North America.
  • The Royal Proclamation of 1763

    The Royal Proclamation of 1763
    The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America.
  • The Stamp Act

    an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
  • The Quartering act

    Image result for the quartering act.On this day in 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies.
  • The Townshend Acts

    Image result for The townshend acts.The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed – beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre happend when Paul Revere told that the Americains were gathering up weopons so they found out that the British are coming so they planned a sneak attack.
  • The Tea Act

    Tea Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The colonists did not like the tea taxes so they dumped the tea into the harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts included five literally intolerable laws. One section of the act closed Boston harbor to further tea shipments until British had to pay for all the tea they had destroyed in 1773.