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French and Indian War
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!!!Quebec History Video!!!!! -GW ignited war in Ohio Valley
-Became a global conflict (Seven Years War)
-Britain sent reinforcements to America
-France was successful in the beginning
-British ended up winning because of strategic changes
-British went down the St. Lawrence R. and defeated the French at Quebec and Montreal
-Last time a French flag flew over Canada -
Sugar Act
A homemade video on the Sugar Act -First law to be passed by Britain
-Put in place for raising revenue for the king
-Increased duties on foreign sugar from the West Indies
-After protests, the duties were lowered -
Proclamation of 1763
-Established by the British govt.
-Stopped settlement past Appalachian Mts.
-Goal was to work out problems with Natives in the area to prevent another uprising
-Goal not to oppress colonists
-Colonists still angry
-Many headed west, to defy the Proclamation -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act: Mario Version
-Established by Parliament
-Required colonists to pay for stamps on most documents, deeds, mortgages, almanacs, etc.
-Colonists objected and protested
-Formed Stamp Act Congress which boycotted English imports.
-Repealed in 1766. -
Quartering Act
-Passed by Britain.
-To force colonists to pay taxes to feed and house British soldiers -Stirred up resentment from the colonists
-Legislature of NY was suspended for not complying. -
Stamp Act Congress
-Met in New York
-27 delegates from 9 colonies
-Little effect at the time
-Broke barriers
-Led to colonial unity
-Caused an uprising
-There was no one to sell stamps
-British did not understand why Americans couldn't pay for a defense
-Stamp Act repealed in 1766. -
Declaratory Act
-Parliament passed this quietly after the Stamp Act
-Parliament wanted "to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever"
-More damaging than Stamp Act
-Restarted trade with England
-As a result, colonists became angrier and more violent -
Townshend Acts
Mr. Bighead on Parliament's "Acts"
-Charles Townshend persuaded Parliament to pass the act
-Light import duty on glass, lead, paper, tea
-Slight protest
-Colonists found ways around taxes.(Smuggled)
-Little profit
-Repealed in 1770, except for tea -
British Troops Occupy Boston
Reenactment of British in (Modern Day) Boston
-4,000 troops to Boston from Britain
-Extreme move( Boston had 20,000 residents)
-Made the situation worse
-Colonists resented British even more. -
Boston Massacre
John Adams Mini-Series Version
-First bloodshed of American Revolution
-Some colonists taunted the British
-British guards opened fire in Boston
-Killed 5 colonists
-Sons of Liberty used this to promote revolution. -
Townshend Acts Repealed
-Because of protests from the colonists
-Also because of smuggling -
Boston Tea Party
Liberty's Kids VersionDisney's Suite Life of Zack and Cody's Version
-Direct Protest by colonists in Boston
-Against Parliament's Tea Act
-British officials refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain
-Colonists disguised as Natives boarded the ships and dumped the tea into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Liberty's Kids Version
-Result of Boston Tea Party
-Many acts such as Boston Port Act and Quartering Act
-Considered unfair
-Designed to hurt Boston and its colonists
-Closed the harbor until all damages for the tea were paid -
Quebec Act
-After French and Indian War
-England claimed Quebec
-Dilemma on what to do.
-Allowed French to go back freely
-Also allowed to be Catholic
-Extended north/south
-Created more tension between colonists and British. -
First Continental Congress
Liberty's Kids Version
-Met for 7 weeks in Philadelphia
-Americans' response to Intolerable Acts
-All colonies except Georgia sent delegates
-John Adams persuaded colleagues to rprotest
-Sent appeals to British American colonies, king, and British people -
Battle of Concord
Liberty's Kids Version
-British troops sent to arsenal in Concord
-Lexington came first and stalled them for a bit
-British were ambushed
-"Shot heard round the world"
-British retreated to Boston
-270 British died -Less than 100 minutemen died -
Battle of Lexington
--See Battle of Concord for Video
-Americans had ill-trained men put together to make the "minutemen"
-British troops sent to Concord
-Minutemen fought them off
-8 Americans died -
The Second Continental Congress
Liberty's Kids Version
-After Battles of Lexington and Concord
-All delegates came to the conference in Philadelphia
-John Dickinson wrote the "Olive Branch Petition" to the King for a compromise
-King George laughed it off and rejected it -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Liberty's Kids Version
-Actually Breed's Hill
-British attacked outside of Boston
-Good fight until the Americans had to leave because they ran out of ammunition
-They were forced to abandon
-It was a "moral win" -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Liberty's Kids Version
-Thomas Paine was a Patriot
-Pamphlet that swayed many of the people who hadn't chosen a side yet
-Paine talked about:
-Such a small country controlling a much larger one
-Indepence
-Republic
-And govt. officials whould derive authority from the people
