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Albany Congress
A meeting was called of colonial leaders, inviting the Iroquois too. They hoped to make an alliance with them, so they would have a better chance of winning the war. The British wanted the colonies to cooperate in defending themselves. The meeting was held in Albany, NY. They did not get the Native Americans to side with them.The colonial assembly rejected it. -
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The French and Indian war
The French and the Native Americans fought with the British, Colonists, and the Iroquouis over the Ohio River Valley. The British suffered many loses but the picked up their act and won the war, taking the French empire to themselves. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was a document signed after the war, signed in Paris France. It was almost a deed for France's land, giving it to the British. The French ceded the French Canada to Britain and all of their North American possessions, losing their large empire. -
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Pontiac's War
The Ottawa leader, Pontiac, created an alliance with the western Native Americans. Pontiac and his allies attacked British forts at least 2,000 settlers were killed. British settlers fought back, killing peaceful Native Americans. The British defeated Pontiac's forces in August of 1764 but didn't end the war until the fall. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid more wars with the Native Americans so they issued the Proclamation of 1763. It banned colonists to settle west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, this angered many colonists. They believed they had the right to live where they wanted. The Proclamation was almost impossible to enforce and was ignored by many settlers. -
The Quatering Act
One year later, Parliament passed the Quatering Act. It was meant to save money. Britain kept around 10,000 soldiers in the colonies. The colonists had to keep the soldiers in their house, feeding them and giving them a place to stay. The colonists thought this violated their rights, so they complained. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act put a duty or import tax on several products, including molasses. Colonial merchants, who sometime smuggles things, protested. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonists to buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities . The Act was put on Newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents. It was hated by many people and was repealed in 1766. -
Boston Massacure
In Boston an angry crowd of workers and sailors surrounded a small group of soldiers. They shouted and threw things at them, the soldiers fired their guns and killed 5 people. When they went to trail John Adams defended them, only 2 were found guilty. They were charged with manslaughter and got their thumbs branded. -
Tea Act
It was intended to help the British East India Company, one of Britain's most important companies. It made a lot of money growing tea in India and selling it to the colonies. When the colonists boycotted on tea it hurt the company. The Tea Act lowered the price of tea but gave the British East India company a monopoly on selling British tea in the colonies. The monopoly hurt many merchants. Many of the colonists argued even though the price on tea was lowered, there was still a tax on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists called the Sons of Liberty organized in port cities to stop the East India Company tea from being unloaded. The threatened people selling tea or even buying it. On the night on December 16 a large group of men dressed as Native Americans boarded the tea ship. During the next 3 hours, they threw 342 cases of tea overboard, destroying 90,000 pounds of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Boston Tea Party outraged British rulers, so they thought of a way to punish Boston and Massachusetts. They closed down the Boston Port. The second act provoked even more outrage than the Port Act because it took away Massachusetts' charter and brought it under control of the British government. The 3rd act was if any crimes committed in Massachusetts could be trialed in England. The final law was to give the british soldiers a place to stay by making colonists house them ad feed them. -
First Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates to decide what to do about the intorable acts. Georgia didn't attended because they didn't want to upset Britain, thinking that they'd fix their Native American problem. They met in Pennsylvania, 56 delegates arrived. -
Battles Of Lexington and Concord