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French And Indian War Began
This was the first day of blood in the war. George Washington defeated a French reconnaissance party in Pennsylvania. The French and Indian War was the last and most important of a series of colonial conflicts between the British and the American colonists. The colonists supported the war because they saw oppotunities to land and they did not get along with the French. -
French And Indian War Ends
The Treaty of Paris was signed which meant there was an agreement for Britians victory. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
The colonists did not like the rebellion because the uprising tried to get setlers and the British out of the region. -
Proclamtion of 1763
This specific proclamation was made by the King, which forbade settlers from settling past the Appalation Mountains. It made the colonists very upset because they felt as if they had fought for nothing in the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act put tax on molasses. It made the English product cheaper than the French West Indies. This hurt the British West Indies market in molasses, sugar, and the market for rum. The colonies had been producing the run in quantity with the French molasses. This made the colonist angry because the rum they were making wasn't being sold as much because of this act. -
The Currency Act
The colonies currency could only be obtained through trade with Great Britian. So, they made paper money which started confusion because they didn't have common regulations and no standard value because they didn't have gold or silver. Parliament passed this act so they could abolish colonial bills. The colonies protested this because they suffered a trade deficit with them and the shortage would make it worse. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax imposed on all American colonists and it required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The money it was for, helped pay for the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier neat the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists did not like this because its purpose was to get money for the British and the colonial legislatures did not agree on it. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
British officers found it hard to persuade colonists to pay for provisioning troops on the march. The laws were supposed to take back hold on the thirteen colonies. The first act was ordering the colonial authorities to pay the cost of housing and feeding of the troops. The colonists did not follow the act and refused to comply with it. They did not like that they would have to do that. -
Patrick Henry's Speech
In Patrick's speech, he attacked the Stamp Act in debates. He hurled defiance at Parliament. This opened up the eyes of some of the colonists. This made some of them more angry with the Parliament which made them want independence. -
The Virigna Stamp Act Resolution
Patrick Henry proposed seven resolutions against Stamp Act. Only the first four were passed by the House in Virgina but it seemed like they were all passed because of the colonial press. This exposed things that could be better than the Stamp Act and made the colonists aware. It made them start to think about independence from Great Britian so they wouldn't have so much control. -
The Stamp Act Congress
This event lasted through the 21st of October, so it lasted for about 14 days. It was a meeting held in New York City which consisted of representatives from some of the colonies in North America. It was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies. They were devising a unified protest against the new British taxation. This showed that some colonists did not like what the government was doing and kept getting more frustrated with them & led up to independ. -
The Declaratory Act
This act was from the Parliament of Great Britian which repealed the Stamp Act. They repealed it because the boycotts were damaging British trade. The act states that Parliament's authority was the same in America as it was in Britian. This made the colonists feel better and allowed them to not feel so frustrated. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
There were taxes on glass, paint, oil, paper, and tea so they could raise money for the administration of the colonies. But this just brought back the colonial hostilies which were created by the Stamp Act. This made the colonists more and more angry. Britian tried to change it, but the trade dried up and everything was the same again. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
These agreements had a chilling affect on the British merchants who traded with the colonies. With the Stamp Act repealed the customs offices in the colonies could not collect taxes on goods that were never sold. They also reached the ultimate effect in response to the Townshend Revenue Act. This made the colonists happier because the taxes weren't as bad if they didn't sell them. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when five colonists were killed by British regulars. This was the culimination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since the War. This made the colonists even more angry and made them think about independence even more. This brought the whole thing to a new level because people had died. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act launched the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. It's intentions were not to raise revenue or impose new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was struggling financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. The tea was suppose to be shipped to the colonies and sold at bargain price. The colonists were furious about this act because Parliament was adding to their taxes. And that is what lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Pary
Governor Thomas Hutchinson allowed three ships to carry tea to enter Boston Harbor. Before the tax could be collected, Bostonians took action. On a cold December night, radical townspeople stormed the ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water. Disguised as Native Americans, the offenders could not be identified. The colonists approved of this, and started to come together for the same cause. -
Intolerable Acts
They were laws that set punishments on the colonies from King Geroge III. He did this out of anger, due to the British merchants lost a ton of money because of the unhumanlike goods that were shipped to the colonies. The Boston Massacre caused rebellions to occur, so colonies saw greater taxes coming without any representation in Britian with the Intolerable Acts. Submission was wanted with the King, but they still rebelled. -
The First Continental Congress
Georgia did not send delegates to the Continental Congress, but all the other colonies did. The colonies who did decide to show, were united in determination to show combined authority to Great Britian. Some wanted colonial rights, while others wanted separation. This took a few weeks to dicuss and debate upon. Someone created a plan of the union of the two, but the conflict arose and the plan was discarded. This showed the unity of the colonists against Great Britian. -
The Association
This system was created by the Continental Congress. It was an agreement for the trade boycott with Great Britian. Hope was built that Great Britian would be pressued to repeal the Intolerable Acts. Their goal was to change the politics without serving the allegiance. The association was fairly successful when they were together because the trade with Britian was falling strictly. This also showed that the colonies were coming together and proving their anger towards Great Britian policies. -
Galloway's Plan Rejected
This plan was also made by the Continental Congress to bring Great Britian and the colonies together again. It was a compromise that was great for most of the members. However, it was rejected by a six to five vote. Ths resulted in conflict with the colonies and Britian. The Revolutionary War was only seeking closer. -
Ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an employed express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions. His instructions were to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts to tell Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British troops were marching to arrest them. John also warned the people he pasted what was happening. He then was arrested by the British patrol and let the people know what the British were doing. This started the war. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
These battles started the Revolutionary War. All that had came a problems with Great Britian and the colonies finally burst and came clear. The night before, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to some where close to Concord. They wanted to seize the weapons that colonists had. A confrontation in Lexington began off the fighting and the British were soon retreating under fire. Many battles contridicted during the war and the colonies finally won their independence in 1783.
