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French and Indian War
The cause of war was the French and Colonists claiming the same land. The war was between, French and Indians vs the British. The English colonies wanted to expand settlement West of the Appalachian Mountains. The British won the war, drove the French out of the colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
The document reserved the land west of the Appalachian mountains for the Indians. England started to increase taxes in the colonies to help pay off war debt. -
Sugar Act
British parliament passed the sugar act to put a tax on sugar and molasses. This act was another way that England tried to control trade in the colonies. It sent smugglers to British court to be tried. The colonists sent 50 letters to parliament expressing colonial anger towards the sugar act. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act required colonists to provide food, drink, and living space to british soldiers. -
Stamp Act
British Parliament passed the stamp act in the colonies to put a tax on all legal documents with a stamp. colonial response to the stamp act, sons of liberty harassed and tortured customs men and tax collectors. The house of burgesses passed several revolutions in response to the stamp act. The effect this had on the house of burgesses was that it was dissolved due to governor Fauquier. -
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Stamp Act Congress
Delegates that met in NYC to discuss the stamp act. They said Parliament could not tax the colonies because they had no one to represent the colonies in parliament. -
Declaratory Act
parliament repealed the stamp act, declared it had the right to rule and tax the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Charles Townshend passed the townshend acts to put a tax on lead, paper, glass, and tea. the writs of assistance let custom officers search homes and ships for smuggled goods. The tax money was used to pay off the war debt for england after the french and indian war. The colonial response to the townshend acts, "no taxation without representation" meaning that England could not tax the colonies if they didn't have anybody to represent them in parliament. -
Boston Massacre
a) Angry mob of colonists protested against british taxes
b) British fired onto colonists
c) 5 colonists died Crispus Attucks was the only colonist to die on sight. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty of the liberty are the cause of the boston tea party. what led to the event was taxes on tea by the british.
a) the sons of liberty dressed up as mohawk indians.
b) then they dumped over 92 Lbs of tea into the Boston harbor.
The british then responded to the event by passing the intolerable acts which closed down the boston harbor and made the colonists pay back what was worth in tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The colonists were most affected by this act. the laws shut down the boston harbor and made the colonists pay back in what was worth in tea. colonials responded by creating the first continental congress. which defended the colonies rights to run their own government. -
Quebec Act
The quebec act, passed by british parliament to institute a permanent in Canada replacing the temporary government created by the proclamation of 1763. colonies did not like this because it stopped their west ward expansion. -
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First Continental Congress
Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies gathered at the first continental congress at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. Patrick Henry, George Washington, John Adams, and John Jay were among the delegates. The purpose of their meeting was to defend the colonies rights to run their own government. No military action would be taken unless the colonies were attacked first and they would meet again. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle happened at bunker hill. British troops stormed the hill 3 times, colonists drove the british back twice and were forced to retreat on the third wave. colonists lost but were given confidence that they could win the war -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The british reached lexington, looking for Samuel Adams and weapons. Waiting for the british were seventy minutemen. For the colonists, 49 were killed, 39 were wounded and as for the British, 73 were killed, 174 were wounded. This was the first battle of the revolutionary war. -
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Second Continental Congress
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, and George Washington were some of the delegates involved at the second continental congress which was held in Philadelphia. The purpose of this meeting was to create the continental army and appointed George Washington as the general of the army. the declaration of causes and necessity of taking up arms was written. The colonists also wrote and sent the olive branch petition to king George III -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by a british man known as Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine argued that the colonies should get their independence from Great Britain. The pamphlet supported the colonies movement for independence -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson, it was signed on July 4th, 1776. The significance of the document was to break off all connections with England. Three main ideas of the document were unalienable rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Unfair laws and taxes passed by the british parliament, and how England violated the social contract. The colonial response was that the 13 colonies had stated their independence.
