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The French and Indian war
(1754-1763) The French and British were fighting for the Ohio River Valley. The French were winning in the beginning of the war, but the British ultimately won. The cost for the British was that they were in a big debt. -
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The events leadin up to the American Revolution
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The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris happened at the end of the French and Indian war. The British won the French's land in North America, and won the war. The French had lost their land in North America and their fur trade, but had a really strong feeling for revenge against the British. -
Pontiac's War
Pontiac's war was a rebellion against the colonists moving onto the Native American land, the British were moving the Native Americans out of their new claimed land. The war was named after the Native American leader, Pontiac. The Native Americans were unsucsessful, but they attacked 13 forts, and took over 8 forts. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a rule that settlers were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachin moutains. The reason the British made this rule, was because the colonists would settle on Native American land, and the Native Americans would attack the colonists, and they couldn't pay for another war. The colonists were a little mad at this rule, mainly because they thought since they just captured this land, they should be able to go on it. Most colonits ignored the rule still. -
The Sugar Act
The British taxed sugar to the colonist, in order to pay off their war debt. Colonits didnt agree with the law and most of the colonists smuggled sugar into their homes. -
The Stamp Act
The British started taxing paper products. The colonists payed for paper products, such as newspapers which were marked with a stamp. The colonists were angry, the would chase away tax collectors, mobs/crowds would tar and feather tax collectors. The stamp and sugar act are alike, but not fully similar. The sugar act was just sugar, while the stamp act was paper products, which was usally more needed then sugar. Colonists signed petitions, and started boycotts. It was effective. -
The Quartering act
The Quartering act stated that colonists had to house British soilders who were defending the Appalachin moutains. The cdolonists had to make sure the soildeers were fed and housed. The colonists did not like the rule, becuase most of the soilders didn't even go defend the Appalachin moutains. Most of them stayed in towns and cities. -
The Stamp Act Congress
The stamp Act Congress was created to fight back against the British. William Ruggles, was one of the founders for the congress.Only 9 colojnies agreed first for the congress. The Declaration of Rights was made to tell the king that rthe colonies wanted to pay their own taxes, not Britan's. -
The Townshend Acts
Charles Townshend was a British politician, who they named the act after. It was made to raise taxes in the colonies, to pay for the judges and govenors. Paper, paint,t ea, led, glass, and acholhol were items that were taxed. The colonists boycotted these items, after the pepeal only tax for tea remained. -
Boston Massacre B.
the left). He made it to get Americans against the British. He made it seem that British just shot at colonists, not portraiting the real events. -
The Boston Massacre A.
British soilders were very unwelcome in Boston, so about 50 citizens attacked a group of British soilders who were gaurding a building. A colonist threw a snowball at a soilder and he fell, while falling his wepon fired. The soilders instinct was to fire, so they shot into the crowd killing 5 colonists. In my opinion it wasn't a massacre, it was all an accident. Sam Adams defended the British soliders because he belived everybody deserved an fair trial. Paul Revere created the famous picture (to -
The Tea Act
The purpose of thwe law, was so the east Indian company could be bailed out. The Tea act created an monopoly, the exclusive control of supply/trade in a service, in local shops. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty, dressed up as Mohawk Indians, raided three tea ships, and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor. WHat led up to this was the monopoly of the local shops. The British closed the Boston port becuase of this. -
The Intolerable Acts
The British were fed up with the colonists actions. The Intolerable acts were also called the Coercive Acts. There were 4 laws in the act, the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Goverment Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quebec Act. -
The First Continental Congress
The meeting was help at Carpenter's Hall, PA, to discuss the British polocies. All of the colonies were represented, except Georgia, 56 total people. Some key people were George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendleton, Benjaman Harrison, Richsrd Bland, and leader Peyton Randolf. They disscused, and agreed on no taxation without representation, and to boycott British goods. -
Lexington and Concord
The British General Gage, had a plan to capture colonial leaders, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock, then head to Concord to capture gunpowder. Spies told Paul Revere and he head out to Lexington to tell the milita and minutemen (men who fold fight "at a minutes notice"). At Concord the British killed 7 colonists, and were headed for Lexington. The milita ambushed them and killed 73 British soilders, wounded 174, and 26 were missing. The British retreated to Boston where they wrote back to Britain. -
The Second Continental Congress
On June 14th, 1775, the Continental Army (Army) was created. The Olive Branch Petition was a direct appeal to the king, and the Declaration of Causes, was that the colonists had taken arms. The Congress became the full-fledged goverment. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill B.
-try. The British had won, I think it was a costly victory becuase the British got pushed back twice, and lost many men. Since they kept going, they had an advantage over the Americans. The Americans were low on ammo, so the British charged and were sucsessful. -
Battle of Bunker Hill A.
The Americans were headed for Bunker Hill, but they accidently ended up at Breed's Hill. The American leader was Artemas Ward, and the British leader was William Howe. The British planned to do a head to head attack. He chose this because he expected the Americans to retreat. Then the battle started, the British charged up the hill, only to retreat. Then they charged a 2nd time, once again, they retreated. The last charge, the Americans were low on ammo, so the British got the hill on the last-
