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American Revolution - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 1770 Boston Square
      - Someone in the crowd yelled fire and Redcoats began shooting
      - Five colonists were killed
      - Colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at the Redcoats egging the Redcoats on more and more
      - Boston massacre
      - Who warned the British were coming?
      - Paul Revere went on a midnight ride to warn the colonists about a British attack.
- - - - The Sugar Act
        
        There was no taxation without representation
        
        King Goeorge lll thought that the colonists owed him a lot of money after the French and Indian War
        
        First direct tax that was imposed by parliament
        
        1764
- - - - Documents
        
        Declaration of Independence 1776
        
        Bill of Rights 1791
        
        Articles of Confederation 1777
        
        Treaty of Paris 1783
        
        Constitution 1787
- - - - The British had won the French and Indian War.
        
        It determined control of the vast colonial territory of North America.
        
        Fought between France and Great Britain.
        
        1754 – 1763
        
        The French and Indian War
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- - - - Sons of Liberty
      - Sam Adams was the leader
      - They had the motto of "No taxation without representation."
      - In 1772, members of the Sons of Liberty set fire to the British ship the HMS Gaspee.
- - - - The Stamp Act
        
        Parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765
        
        The taxes for the Stamp Act had to be paid for with British money.
        
        The Stamp Act imposed a direct tax on the colonists.
        
        The Stamp Act required that a stamp be purchased and placed on all legal documents
- - - - The Intolerable Acts
        
        The British Government passed the Intolerable Acts as a punishment to the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
        
        There were five laws/acts.
        
        They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.
        
        1774