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The Albany Congress
Representatives from seven colonies met with 150 Iroquois Chiefs in Albany
The purpose was to try to secure the support and cooperation of the Iroquois in fighting the French -
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French and Indian war
A massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War.
The beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Gr. Britain
Britain required raw materials including copper, hemp, tar, and turpentine. They also required a great deal of money, and so they provided that all of these American products be shipped exclusively to England -
The Sugar Act
A modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act
Colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.
The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, while Grenville took measures that the duty be strictly enforced. -
The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
Patrick Henry,a new member to the House of Burgesses, undertook a radical move against the authority of Parliament.
Johnson moved that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole, Henry seconded the motion, and proceeded to offer a shocking series of resolutions. -
The Stamp Act
George Grenville rose in Parliament to offer the fifty-five resolutions to his stamp bill
The bill was passed on February 17, approved by the Lords on March 8th, and two weeks later ordered in effect by the King -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied -
The Boston Massacre
a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770
between a mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers -
The Boston Tea Party
The British East India Tea company was on the brink of financial collapse.
Big tax on tea, made people angry
One December night, townspeople stormed the ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water. Disguised as Native Americans, the offenders could not be identified. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
a detail of American troops acting under order, marched of their camp, carrying picks, shovels, and guns.
they bombarded the town and British ships in Boston Harbor -
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the people of Virginia
