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French and Indian War:
- French and British conflict reignites after 6 years of peace
- French built Duguesne in regions where Virginia where 200,000 acres of land was granted to planters in Ohio
- Virginia sent militia to evict the french this was the start of French and Indian War
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Sugar Act and Colonists Response:
Sugar Act Haveled Duty on toreignmade molasses in hopes of coloniste paying lower taxes. -
Treaty of Paris:
- Ottawa saw French loss was also Native American loss
- Native Americans captured British forts in Ohio Valley
- In return British officers presented small pox infested blankets to Delaware during a peace nagotiation
- To avoid further conflict British prohibited colonists from settling in the west of the Appalation Mountains
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Proclomation:
- colonists werent allowed to colonizewest of the appalation mountains but eager to expand they ignored the proclamation
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Stamp Act, Colonists Response:
- Taxed documents and printed iteams
- First tax that effected colonists directly
- Colonists unified to fight back
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Writ of Assistance
New regulations had little effect on colonists rather thsn merchants and traders. -
Declaratory Act:
parlament passed Declaratory Act which asserted parlaments full right to "blind the colonies and people of America in all cases whatsoever." -
Townshend Act & colonists respond:
parlament passed townshend act
townshend act taxed goods that were imported into colony from britain such as lead, glass, paint, and paper.
hospitality between brits & colonials mounted.
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Son's of Liberty is Formed & Samuel Adams:
Acts imposed on tea (very popular drink) let Samuel Adams, one of the founders of the Son's of Liberty, boycotted British goods. -
John Lock's Social Contract
John Locke believed the people have the natural right to life, liberty and property. he made an agreement in which people consent to choose and obey a government so long as it safeguards their natural rights. if the government voilates that social contract by taking away or interfering with those rights, people have the right to resist and even overthrow the government. -
Boston Massacre
mob gathered infront of boston customs house and colonials taunted british soldiers, 5 colonials were shot. -
Tea Act:
tea Act was started to save nearly bankrupt british east india company. act granted companies to sell tea tax free. -
Boston Tea Party:
large group of boston rebels dressed as Native Americans anchores 3 brittsh tea ships. -
Intolerable Acts:
one aw shut down Boston Harbor
another authorized British Commanders to ouse soldiers in vacant homes
General Thomas Gage places boston under martial law or rules imposed by military forces -
First Continential Congress Meeting:
56 deligates met in Philidelphia and drew up a decloration of coloonial rights. they defended colonies fighting back to british using force -
Minutemen:
were soldiers who pledged to be ready to fight against the British on a minutes notice. -
Battle of Lexington
First battle of revolutionary war, only lasted 15 minutes. -
Battle of Concord
3,000- 4,000 mintue men assembled by then, British Soldiers fell by the dozen, that night they marched back to Britian disappointed -
Publication of Common Sense
important were the ideas of Thomas Paine. In a 50 page pamphlet titles "common sense" Thomas attacked King George and the monarchy. -
Midnight Riders:
3 men spread word that 700 british troops were headed towards concord. -
Second Continential Congress:
loyalists that devided colonists sparked endless debates at the second continental congress. some called for independence, while others argues for reconciliation with Great Britian -
Continential Army:
Congress agreed to recognize the colonial militia as the continential army and appointed George washington as commander. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British General Thomas Gage decided to strike a militiamen on Breed's Hill,he sent 2,400 soldiers up the hill. colonists held fire until the last minute then mowed them down. british suffered over 1,000 casualties while colonists only lost 450 men. -
Olive Branch Petition
congress sent the king the so-called Live Branch Petition urging a return to "former harmony" between Brits and the colonies. King George rejected the petition. -
Loyalists and Patriots:
americans found themselves on different sides of clnflict. Loyalists: those who supported independence and remained loyl to the british king or Patriots: supporters of independence who drew their numbers from people who saw polotical and economic opprotunity and in an independent America. -
Red Coats Push Washingtons Army
British sailed to New York harbor with a force of 32,000 men.By late fall the British pushed Washington's army across the Delaware river into Pensylvania. -
Declaration of Independence
Paine declared that independence would allow America to trade more freely. He stated that independence would give American colonists the chance to create a bette society one free from tyranny with equal social and economic opprotunities for all, -
Christmas Surprise Attack - Washington
washington risked everything on one blood stroke set for christmas night,he led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the delaware river. they defeated garrison of Hessians in a surprising attack. -
Saratoga:
Burgoyne didnt realize that his fellow British officers were preoccupied with holding Philadelphia and werent coming to meet him. American troops finally rounded Burgoyne at Saratoga. the surrender at Saratoga ended up being one of the most important events of the war. Saratogas victory bolstered France's belief that the Americans could win the war, as a result French signed alliance with the Americans in Feb. 1778 -
French American Alliance:
After the victory of saratoga France signed an alliance with america -
Friedrich & Marquis
lobied france for french reinforcements and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war -
British Victories
Savannah, Georgia in 1778
Charles Town, South Carolina in 1780 -
Brits Surrender at Yorktown
French and American troopssurrounded the British on the Yorktown peninsula and began bombarding them say and night. oct. 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered -
Treaty Of Paris
signing of treatyof paris confirmed US independence and set the boundries of the new nation. the US now stretched from Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to Florida -
Valley Forge
washington and his contenential army were desperately low on food supplies, they fought to stay alive at a winter camp in Valley Forge, Pensylvania
