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Did you know George Washington was a General before a president. Without him we would not have the Navigation Act, The French and Indian War, The battle of Bunker Hill. The battle of Trenton, and The Boston massacre. The Pontiac’s Rebellion, The Sugar Act, and The Stamp Act, The Declaratory Act, The Townsend Act, The Boston Tea party, And the Intolerable Act. These will all lead up to the Navigation Act. Between 1650 and 1696 a parliament passed a new Navigation Act. This parliament limited colonial trade by using Merchlism. It stopped colonist from trading certain items. It made the colonists use English ships to export goods. Then it later required all goods to go through English ports. Colonist will later protest over the unfair taxes they …show more content…
Boom, went the first cannon off. The French and Indian war has began. The British started fighting with the colonist in Indian Territory. The British thought this would be an easy war, but little did they know it wasn’t. The colonist thought with the British help they would win, and gain more land. The Indian’s won, and offered a deal. The colonist would be able to stay in the thirteen colonies, but they couldn’t settle across the Alps. The Pontiac’s rebellion was about colonist expansion. Boom, the French and Indian war was over, but Pontiac’s rebellion continued. Pontiac was down in the mouth about the colonist expansion. The British was in debt because of the French and Indian war. Therefore, they put taxes on the colonist for the war debt. Chief Pontiac sent his forces to defeat the forts. They made the proclamation of 1763. Therefore they couldn’t inter Indian territory. The British, who was tired of war, said they would tax for the war debt. The colonist said no taxation without representation. Do you know why the sugar act was passed? This was passed to pay …show more content…
The stamp act was when they put parliament on paper products. The money will pay for protection from Native Americans. The real coast was really small. The standard it set was that the parliament could put taxes on the colonist. Therefore the colonist said they had taxation without representation. The colonist felt like they were not equal. Most colonists believed they could not do anything. Until the Virginia house of burgesses adopted the Patrick Henry’s Stamp Act Resolves. This declared that all Americans had the same rights as the English. Kabam went the Declaratory Act. This made it were parliament could pass laws. These laws could be made at any point in time. Colonist began to feel like they have lost total control of the colonies. Therefore the British thought the colonies weren’t able to make their own laws. This also meant they could not have hearings in their own court. The British also thought that the trials in court were not fair. So all royals went to England for trial. This was not fair to the colonist. “Click” just like that parliament put new taxes on the colonist. These taxes were called the Townsend Act. This act put taxes on glass, lead, and paint. It put taxes on more important stuff to. The colonist decided that they will boycott these items. The Townsend Act finally repealed. This all happened to the colonist in 1770, because of the tension. This was a result of the Boston Massacre. How would you feel to see the boson

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