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End of the French and Indian War
The war was declared in 1756 and is also known as the seven years war. the war was fought between the British vs the French and Indians as a result of the French trying to expand into the Ohio River Valley. The war ended when the Treaty of Hubertusburg was signed. -
Admiralty Courts
Admiralty courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offenses. Admiralty Courts became an issue that was a part of the rising tension between the British Parliament and their American Colonies. Starting with the Proclamation of 1763, these courts were given jurisdiction over a number of laws affecting the colonies. The jurisdiction was expanded in later acts of the Parliament, such as the Stamp Act of 1765. -
Proclamation of 1763
After the French war the opportunity for expansion on for the frontier was great for the colonist. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was made to help settle the minds of Indians whom feared loosing their land. The Proclamation would then shut off the frontier and establish Quebec. the Proclamation mostly focused on the Indians and Indian land. The new Proclamation line extended from Quebec to the new boarder of WF. -
Sugar Act
This act was made to tax sugar and other products such as coffee, indigo, and wine. This effect the colonist greatly and angered them. Grenville ordered the British red coats to enforce this act and to be at the New England port, this prevented a lot of smuggling. -
Committee of Correspondence
Committee of Correspondence was formed to encourage and organize how the colonist would go agasint the British and all of the rules that were being enforced. The committees would also be representatives for colonies, the most important Important contribution provided by the committees of correspondence was the planning done for the First Continental Congress, -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed on March 22 and was made to raise revenues for a standing British Army in America. It forced people to have to buy a British stamp for every official document such as wedding documents. -
The Quartering Act
June 2, 1765
This act have local authorities the power to place British red coats in any home. This meant that the colonist would have to pay for and feed the troops without choice. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons (and Daughters) of LIberty were a group of people who in he early summer of 1765, planned to rebel agsint the Stamp Act. Something they are widley know for is their role in the Boston Tea Party and the Attack on August 14, 1765. The attack was agaisnt the distributer of the stamps in Massachusetts, Andrew Oliver, whom was found hanging on a tree and then the people burned his house. -
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Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was called to New York by James Otis, who made the idea up, but only a few colonies were represented. The meeting was roguh at first. This meeting however, lead to the Stamp Act Resolves. -
Declaratory Act
Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act in 1764 and the Stamp Act 1765 -
Repeal of Stamp Act
This act was a result of month of protesting and was presented by Benjamin Franklin to the House of Commons. The parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766 -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were acts passed in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Townshend Revenue Act: Lead, Paint, Tea
The Twonshend Revenue Act passed to tax tea, lead, paint, oil and glass. -
New York Assembly Disbanded
When the colonist resented British and their taxes they felt they were sneakily taxed by having to supply supplies and housing. They refused to vote for the mandated supplies thus the British shut down the New York assembly in 1767 to prove their point and to show great power. -
Townshend Duties
Merchants in the colonies organized economic boycotts to put pressure on the British to work for repeal of the Townshend Acts. -
Boycotts: Townshend Acts
Philadelphia joined the boycott of British goods in March on 1769 and in May other colonies joined together to rebel against the hated Twonshend Acts. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the mass killing of five colonists by British red coats. Crispus Attucks was a young man who was the first victum of this accident. There was alot of British red coats in teh area cause of the Townshend Act of 1776. The colonist were angry ath e soliders. Before the incident was called the Boston Massacre it was known as The Bloody Massacre in King Street. -
Tea Act
The British granted the East India Company a tea monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. This resulted in cheaper tea, straight to the people, but it also made the colonist mad because it was seen as a sneaky to get the colonist on board by drinking the cheaper tea and to get them to stop smuggling it in. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an attack by the Sons of Liberty who were dressed up as Indians. This attack was a result of the low priced tax on tea, leaving some people applauding and left some people seeing it as destruction of property. -
Boston Port Act
The British closed the harbor where the Boston tea party took place until the damages were fixed and paid for. This meant that no goods could go in or out of the harbor. This lack of supplies hurt the colonist, including the rebellious ones who committed it. -
The Coercive Acts
The British Parliament passed these laws (also known as the Intolerable Acts) to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party. The first law was to close the Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the damage. Another law banned the Committees of Correspondence. The Quartering Act made the people house the troops. The Quebec Act gave the Ohio country to Canada. -
Massachusetts Government Act
The Massachusetts Government Act was passed by the parliament of Great Britain and was made to regulate the government of providence of Massachusetts Bay in New England. This meant that the elected council members were chosen not be popular vote, but by the king. -
First Continental Congress
Fifty-six delegates from twelve colonies meet in Philadelphia to consider a coordinated response to the Intolerable Acts. The congress met to discuss the options of what they could do to go against the King. They also called for a second congress if their petition failed. -
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First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, The coloniest sent delegates to attened the meeting, While the meeting was unorganized, the First Continental Congress meeting was clearly to show how hte colonist felt torwards Great Britian. -
Patrick Henry: Colonial Resistance, His Speech
In connection with a petition to declare a "state of defense" in Virginia in 1775, he gave his most famous speech which ends with the words, "Give me liberty or give me death." -
Lexington & Concord 1775
A British force from the Boston garrison attempts to seize military supplies of the Massachusetts militia, leaders like Paul R, warned fellow patriots about the red coats. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Lord North: Continental Congress
Lord North was favored by the king during the revolutionary period. He wanted to restrain the parliament so that they wouldn’t feed to the colonist resentment. North sent a letter to the Continental congress on May 30, 1775 that he thought was written by Cooper -
Invasion of Canada
The invasion of Canada was the first major attack the Continental Army made during the American Revolutionary War. The objective was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec, and convince the French-speaking Canadians to join the revolution on the side of the Thirteen Colonies -
Washington Appointed Commander of continental congress
The Journals of the Continental Congress reports that George Washington was unanimously selected as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. -
Bunker Hill
- The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. Colonist inflicited significant casualties against the enemy which gave them with an important confidence boost.
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Lord North: the Quiet period
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Attack on Quebec
American forces under generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold attack the city of Quebec in a failed attempt to drive the British forces from the province and enlist Canadian support.The Battle of Quebec was the first major defeat of the Revolutionary War for the Americans. -
Common Sense : Thomas Paine
Thomas Paines pamphlet "Common Sense" was a wide and popular bought pamphet that discussed why it was so important for the colonist to seperate from Britain. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of independence was written up to state the reasons the American colonies wanted to be free of Great Britain's government. -
Hessian soldiers land at Staten Island
The Hessians were German soldiers that were hired through the rulers of six German principalities by the British Empire in the 1700's. Over 30,000 Hessian soldiers were hired to fight against the American rebels during the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Trenton
The battle of Trenton was the Americans against the Hessians and British troops. The battle happened because George Washington wanted to cross the Delaware during the harsh winter and even lead his men across the freezing delta. The Americans won under the command of George Washington as he then lead his men across the freezing delta, some in bad clothes and no shoes. -
Ticonderoga
- The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. The Americans retreated leaving it in Bristish Hands.
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Battle of Saratoga
This battle became known as the turning point in the war. When on Oct, 17 1777 general John Burgoyne, also known as “Gentle Johnny” and his British troops surrendered. -
Articles of Confederation are approved
The articles were written to establish the function of the United States Government after independence was declared from Great Britain. The first to ratify this was Virginia on December 16, 1777 and the last one to ratify this was Maryland. -
Valley Forge Winter
The Continental Army arrived at valley forge on December 1777 after a series of battles agasint the British. The army was poorly supplied, the men didnt have much food or supplies. George Washington even wrote hoe the men would starve. -
France allies with Americans
The French joined with the Americans when Benjamin Franklin was in France and signed the Treaty of Amity which made the U.S trade better. The Treaty of Alliance was also signed, stating that French would help the colonist against Great Britain -
Spain Allies wiht Americans
Spain allied wiht the the Americans along side the French when the Treaty of Alliance was signed on February 6, 1778, stating that they would help the Americans in their deffenses agsint Great Britian -
Benedict Arnold becomes a traitor
After becoming Commander of Philadelphia in 1778, he went heavily into debt, and in 1780, he was caught plotting to surrender the key Hudson River fortress of West Point to the British in exchange for a commission in the royal army. On September 24, the plan was exposed and he was forced to flee. -
Administration of justice Act
This act gave the government of Massachusetts the power to move trials of accused royal officials accused of a capital offensive or higher to be moved to another colony if they felt that the trial wouldn’t be fair, this act was only applied to Massachusetts. -
York Town
York Town was seized on Oct 19 1781 when Washington had joined with the French and their troops in an effort to capture Lord Cornwallis while he and his troops were stationed at Chesapeake Bay, waiting for new supplies. Cornwallis surrendered leaving Washington to victory. -
Treay of Paris
The treaty of Paris was signed on Sep 3 1783 and ended the revolutionary war between Great Britain and the Colonies. The treaty was harsh to France, causing them to lose all territory on mainland North America. The British received Quebec and Ohio valley while the Americans showed signs of nationalism.
