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Page 1: The Story of Great Britain and the Colonists

The Story of Great Britain The Story of Great Britain and the Colonistsand the ColonistsBy: Grace Watwood and Aline By: Grace Watwood and Aline

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The French and Indian WarThe 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.

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The French and Indian WarThe French and Indian War

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The Proclamation of 1763The 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.

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The Quartering ActThe 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.

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The Quartering ActThe Quartering Act

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The Stamp ActThe 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.

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The Stamp ActThe Stamp Act

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The Boston MassacreThe Boston Massacre

• The colonists was making fun of one of the British soldiers and he called for help.

• The colonists got punished by murdered.

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The Boston MassacreThe Boston Massacre

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The Boston Tea PartyThe 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.

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The Boston Tea PartyThe Boston Tea Party

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The Intolerable ActsThe Intolerable Acts

• The colonists were restricted from the Boston Harbor.

• Colonist gathered in Philly to figure out how to defy Britian.

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The Intolerable ActsThe Intolerable Acts

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Townshend ActTownshend 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.

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THE ENDTHE END

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