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albany congress
The 13 colonies and the Iroquois called a meeting in Albany,New York because they they wanted to form an alliance with the British and Iroquois against the french but the Iroquois went with the french.The colonists agreed to cooperate with defending themselves against the French. -
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french and indian war
The french and the indians vs British,Iroguois and Colanists because they both wanted control over Ohio river valley and the British won because France lost there entire empire to the British. -
The Quartering act
The purpose of it was to save money. Britain kept about 10,000 soldiers.The act required colonists to quarter or house British troops and provide them with food and supplys,the colonists protested angrily protested and complained that they were violating there rights. -
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pontiac's war
last days of the french and Indian war the ottawa nation form an alliance of western native Americans.Pontiac and his allies attacked british forts and half dozen forts destroyed and at least 2000 backcountry settlers were killed.British retacted. Then the british defeated pontiac's forces near fort pitt. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid further wars with native Americans in the frontier.Therefore the British government ordered the proclamation of 1763.It banned colonial settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian mountains called the mason-Dixon line so settlers were told that they had to move east of that line.the proclamation of 1763 angered colonists.The proclamation was widely ignored an proved impossible for the British to enforce. -
Sugar act
The British effort to impose new taxes on the colonists began in 1764 when Parliament passed the sugar.Which put a duty on several products including molasses.It also called for harsh punishment on smugglers and colonial merchants who sometimes traded in smuggling goods protested. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed by parliament it required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for special kinds of products such as newspapers,wills,land titles,contracts and other documents.The protests against the stamp act were widespread.Patrick Henry made an emotional speech against the law that they murder Julius Caesar.The protests worked in 1766 parliament repealed the stamp act however at the same time the declaratory act was set. -
Boston Massacre
The protests worked the boycott hurt British merchants and manufacturers who put pressure on Parliament .Parliament repealed all of the town shed duties except one of them,tea which they had a tax on.Workers and sailors surrounded a small group of soldiers and hurled snowballs and rocks at them and then the soldiers shot five of them leaving them dead and wounding six. John Adams was the lawyer for the British soldiers and two of them ended up being branded on the thumb. -
Boston tea party
A group of colinist called the sons of liberty soon organized the port of cites to stop east india company from unloading the tea so they threatend ship captains who were bring in teaand merchents so no tea was unloaded in new york,philadelphiaor other ports but in boston govener thomas hutchinson decided to to unload the tea. One night men dressed as indians borded the ships and dumped all the tea in the habor. -
Intolerable act
The British were mad so they passed four laws. The first one closed the port of Boston,the second one abolished the upper house of Massachusetts and cut power to town meetings and any one who murder had to go to England. Americans reacted by try to help Boston by giving them supplies.The congress demanded the repeal of the intolerable act and declared that the colonies had the right to tax and govern themselves and if demands were not met by May they will vote again. -
Tea act
British put a tax on tea whitch angred colinst because the east india company had a monopoly on selling british tea.The monopoly hurt colonial merchents but the colinist still had to pay the tax. -
First Continental Congress
The British government had no intentions of meeting the colonists demands while colonists began to arm and form new militia units called the minutemen. General Thomas Gage sent 700 troops to seize the arms and capture some important colonial leaders. Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night to warn the minutemen that the British were coming. Then when the troops arrived in Concord 400 minutemen fought the British killing three of them as the British retreated towards Boston. -
Battles of Lexington and concord
Five miles from Concord in as town of Lexington about 77 minutemen were waiting when the British arrived the British commander ordered the minutemen to go home and they refused to. Then, a larger battle took place near Concord this time 400 men fought the British killing 3 of them. As British retreated for Boston about 4,000 Americans fired like the Indians fight from behind things. Almost 300 British soldiers had been killed or wounded. -
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Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was important for two reasons. It controlled the route in between Fort Ticonderoga and Canada. It also held valuable weapons especially cannons. The Americans needed cannons to manage the British's power. The green mountain boys took the fort and seized several dozen cannons which were soon moved to Boston where George Washington drove the British back to England. -
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The second continental congress
As the crisis with Britain deepened ,the second contain congress came together in Philadelphia. The congress at first was divided about what what to do.A group of delegates from New England wanted to declare independence. A more modern group from the middle colonies favored less drastic actions. The congress chose George Washington as the commander of the newly formed continental Army. H e had military experience and he was well respected. The congress paid for his Army by printing paper money. -
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Olive Branch Petition
Two resolutions passed in July showed the uncertainty of congress. The first resolution was called the olive branch petition which was sent to King George. The petition stated that the colonists were loyal to the king. It asks Britain to stop fighting so that all disputes between the colonists and Britain could be solved peacefully. The next day congress passed a stronger statement called the declaration of causes and necessities of taking up arms. The effort to make peace between them failed. -
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Battle of Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill
British General William Howe decided to attack straight up the mountain but,the american commander knew his soldiers did not have much ammo so they waited until the British were 150 feet away until firing. The American's won twice but on the third time the British went up the hill and the American's ran out of ammo killing about 100,000 and the British killed only about 400. Washington showed up and knew he had to take charge and had to build a regular and strong army and drove the British away. -
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The British withdraw from Boston
In March Washington placed the cannons high ground overlooking Boston and the British could no longer defend the city so,they withdrew from Boston by sea and never returned. Washington knew the war was not over. British still held the most advantages because they held the most powerful army in the world. -
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Invasion of Quebec
While Washington was training one army two other army's moved north in to Canada. One led by Richard Montgomery and the other one by Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold's troops were forced to boil candles,shoe leather and bark for candles for food. The American;s attacked during a severe snowstorm. Montgomery was killed and Arnold was wounded.The Canadians won this battle. -
Treaty of Paris
Britain recognized the independence of the united states.The boundaries of the new nations were set at the Atlantic on the east,Canada on the north,the Mississippi river on the west and Florida on the south. Florida was returned to Spain the united states agreed to "earnestly recommended" that the states restore rights and property taken from loyalist during the war.Then congress approved the treaty the war was officially over.