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The French And Indian War
The french and indian war started in 1754 and ended in 1763. The french and indians fought because they both wanted control over north america. In the beginning the french were winning, by the end of the war the indians won. The negative effect it had on the british was that taxes were raised. -
Pontiacs War
April 27, 1763, the Ottawa leader Pontiac called members of several tribes together by Detroit. telling them he was able to convince many of them to join in an make an attempt to capture Fort Detroit from the British. pontiacs war began because they were dissatisfied with british policies after they won the french and indian war pontiacs war gets its name from the ottawa indian cheif pontiac , he attacked british colonies the british were fully aware and after 7 months he gave up -
Proclamation 1763
To forbade settlers from settling past a certain point along the app. mts. the point of this was so great britian didn't have the french lands, Colonists became angry because most of them already had land in the West of the Appalachians, -
Treaty Of Pairs
The treaty of pairs was between untied states and great britian it ended the revolutionary war and recognized american independence the positive outcome for britian was that they got more terriotry but it also had effcts on france which was french got expelled from new world -
The Sugar Act
The sugar act reduced the amount of tax ,it was passed to make money off the colonist , the colonist were very upset becuase they wouldnt be able to sell their good for as much as they usaully would if their was more tax -
The Stamp Act
Put a direct tax on british parliment The British government felt that the colonies were the primary concern, the colonist reaction to this was The Colonists reacted immediately, thinking that the Stamp Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies without approval of colonial legislatures they used violence to stop the tax collectors so they didnt make them pay taxes -
The Quartering Act
Required the colonies to find a house for the troops the purpose was Britain to keep a standing army in the colonies without having to pay to much they were required to pay for the housing of troops and also the food for the troops they were scared the colonist were scared that maybe they could be attacked -
The Stamp Act Congress
It was held because it was the very first congress, the key leaders were John Adams and James Otis. 9 out of the 13 colonies were represented. The declaration of rights and grievances is a written document stating that the taxes the british emply were unconstitutional. -
The Townshend Acts
Named after Charles Townshend who sponsered them, it stopped the new york assembly from countining any other buisnesses until it affected the quartering act. it taxed lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea it had the colonist furious which also lead to riots the Intolerable/Coercive Acts and the tea acts remained -
Boston Massacre
because the town of boston wasn't even welcomed. john adams stood up for harry hensen when harry was on trial he believed that the british should have a fair trial paul revere is responsible for the famous picture of the boston massacre -
The Boston Massacre
King George the 3rd was very irritated with english colonies. they didnt wanna pay any taxes on things such as tea,lead ect. he sent 4,000 british troops the colonist were very mad with how they were being treated by king george the 3rd they had no say over their own properties. the boston massacre was a street fight ion march 5th 1770 between a patriot mob they were throwing snowballs sticks stones ect. several colonist were also killed i think the name should have been different because the -
The Tea Act
The tea act was so they didnt raise revene from the colonies it was mainly to help the revolutionary movement in boston a monopoly is to have control of the trade -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was in 1773 when they raided british ships and dumped hundreds of chests of tea in the harbor, it happpend because they put taxes on imported items the patriots were resposible for the hundreds of chests dumped in the boston harbor. after this happend the british made a thing called intolerable acts which closed bostons ports and ruined mass. govt. -
The Intolerable Acts
They passed the intolerable acts because they were deeply in debt and felt that the american colonies should pay part of the debt another name for the intolerable acts was the coercive acts there were 4 laws apart of this 1. closed the boston port act 2.any officer or soldier from the British government who was arrested for murder could be sent to England for trial. 3. changed the charter of mass. 4. gave freedom of worship to roman catholics -
The First Continental Congress
12 colonies were apart of this 44 people were at the first continental congress the colonies agreed to boycott british goods and have a council of saftey for every colony patrick henry john jay and john adams attented the first continental congress -
Lexington And Concord
Becuase british leader learned that the coloniest had hidden supplies the coloniest milita meet up in lexington and fired on the british. Minutemen is a militamen that volunteered to be ready for service. the concord was taking out of service -
The Second Continental Congress
In 1775 they voted to adopt boston troops it helps them avoid a full blown out war the declaration of causes explained why the state of south carolina succeded from the union -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
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Battle Of Bunker Hill
The colonist were intending on building their defense in boston. They built their defense on breeds hill. colonel william prescott led american colonist to bunker hill. general william howe lead the british to bunker hill. the britishs stratagies to win the fight was to scare the colonist to make them go right to the hill. because the americans werent trianed in this way. this battle was for the american colonist to bid for their independence. the british won it was close becuase they both had
