Stepping to a revolutionary war

French and Indian War

• A war over a territory named Ohio Country 
• The first world war
• English, French, and Spanish were involved
• Clash of civilizations over the territory
• The British end up winning

The Proclamation of 1763

• A line that King George The 3rd created to 
• prevent conflict with Native Americans
• Colonists were mad, because it blocked access 
• to the Ohio Country, the same territory Britain won for them
• Colonists were already passing it

Townshend Acts

• Taxes for everyday goods, created by Charles Townshend
• Started in 1767-1770
• Tea, Paper, glass paint exc. were items that were taxed
• Made colonists angryer
• All were withdrawn except the Tea tax

QUARTERING Act

• An act that forces civilians to have solders in their homes 
• Was created for the huge number of solders in the 
• colonies after the French and Indian war

Tea Act

• The last of the Townshend Acts
• Parlament thought it was great, since it was only one tax 
• The Bostonians reacted, by dumping tea into the Boston harbor 2 times
• Made Britain very angry
• Started the Intolorable acts

INTOLERABLE acts

• Not it's original name, but colonists called it that because 
• of the way the acts affected the people
• Closed down Boston Harbor, 

the boston MASSACRE

• Colonists throwing snowballs with rocks to British troops