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After all the hard work and effort, today we finally did our "museum" history tour thing in class. It was really embarrassing for me, since I messed up so much in my part of the voiceclip. I couldn't say the word "intolerable" for some reason, so I was just like, "intobabable" and I paused a lot and even apologized for the mistakes. I wish nobody had to hear that, but it's okay. While it is very useful to always have the info on our iPods, it also was really hard to take notes since everyone talked so fast in their voiceclips. Next time, I think we can all agree to slow down a bit.

First Continental Congress- 55 delegates from 12 different states gathered to protest the Intolerable Acts, which were used to bring the colonists back under control of Britain. The Intolerable Acts greatly limited the colonist's freedom. So, the Sons of Liberty organized resistance agaist the Britsh Prime Minister.

Intolerable Acts- In 1774, Britain felt like the Americans should have to pay for the inconvinience they caused during the Boston Tea Party. Massachusetts was put under official British government watch, since that is where the Tea Party occured. Some colonists believed that it would be better just to conform to the British law being forced upon Americans (a.k.a Intolerable Acts), but some, mostly authorities such as John Hancock and John Adams, believed it better to stand up for the liberty and freedom of America.

Boston Tea Party- In 1773, Britain (in efforts to earn more money for their tea trade partners), developed a tax on the tea that was exported to America. The colonists were furious, and one day a group of angry Americans boarded a tea vessel and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonists then started to produce their own tax-less tea.

Boston Massacre- Sam Adams wrote the Circular Letter telling the colonists to resist the Townshend Acts.
However, the actual massacre occured one winter day when the British soldiers patroling the area has finally had enough of the daily tormenting they recieved, and shot out into the crowd. Three civilians were killed.

Stamp Act-The Stamp Act occured during 1764-1765, when both Britain and France were fighting for control of America. The Act was developed to pay off about a third of military garrison. Americans clamied Britain has no right to tax them since no American was present in Parliament.

Royal Proclamation- In 1763, after the French and Indian War, colonists gained land in the west, which threatened the Indians. With the help of Pontiac and Ottawa, the Indians rose up in the Ohio Valley and took over several British posts. In response, Britain spread small pox through infected blankets throughout the tribes. The Royal Proclamation was developed in hopes of Britain settling new land in America and establishing good relations with the natives.