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pontiac´ś rebellion
rebellion led by chief pontiac against british in the west -
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tready of pais
the treaty that ended the french and Indian war. the french lost all there land in north america.the British gained the land beyond the Mississippi river. -
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Pontianak rebellion
the rebellion lead by Pontianak ageist out west -
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sugar act
it required colonist to pay a tax of 6 pence.most colonist worked around it and didn´t pay -
stamp act
Seeking to defray some of the costs of garrisoning the colonies, Parliament required all legal documents, newspapers and pamphlets required to use watermarked, or 'stamped' paper on which a levy was placed. -
writs of assistance
is an act that allows people to search other people house that are suspicious to get it searched -
quartering act
Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons. The New York assembly argued that it could not be forced to comply. -
declaratory act
Parliament finalises the repeal of the Stamp Act, but declares that it has the right to tax colonies -
townshend act
Duties on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint to help pay for the administration of the colonies, named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Dickinson publishes Letter from a Philadelphian Farmer in protest. Colonial assemblies condemn taxation without representation. -
boston massacre
Angered by the presence of troops and Britain's colonial policy, a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house; a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians. -
tea act
In an effort to support the ailing East India Company, Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies. Americans resented what they saw as an indirect tax subsidising a British company. -
boston tea party
Angered by the Tea Acts, American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians dump £9,000 of East India Company tea into the Boston harbour. -
coercive acts
Four measures which stripped Massachusetts of self-government and judicial independence following the Boston Tea Party. The colonies responded with a general boycott of British goods. -
first Continental Congress
Colonial delegates meet to organise opposition to the Intolerable Acts -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First engagements of the Revolutionary War between British troops and the Minutemen, who had been warned of the attack by Paul Revere. -
Continental Congress appoints George Washington commander-in-chief of Continental Army
Issued $2 million bills of credit to fund the army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The first major battle of the War of Independence. Sir William Howe dislodged William Prescott's forces overlooking Boston at a cost of 1054 British casualties to the Americans' 367. -
: Olive-Brach Petition
Congress endorses a proposal asking for recognition of American rights, the ending of the Intolerable Acts in exchange for a cease fire. George III rejected the proposal and on 23 August 1775 declared the colonies to be in open rebellion. -
comon sence
Thomas Paine's Common Sense published anonymously in Philadelphia -
Declaration of Independence
Continental Congress issues the Declaration of Independence -
: Battle of Trenton,
New Jersey, providing a boast to American morale. -
Saratoga
Lacking supplies, 5,700 British, German and loyalist forces under Major General John Burgoyne surrender to Major General Horatio Gates in a turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
battle of Yorktown
Surrender of British forces under Cornwallis at Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
formally ending the Revolutionary War