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Albany Congress
the British Government called a meeting of colonial leaders. it took place in Albany, New York. The British invited the Iroquois to he meeting, so they could become alliances with the Iroquois against the french. but they refused. -
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French and Indian war
French and Indians vs. the British and colonists and Iroquois. they are fighting over the Ohio river valley in North America. the British end up wining the war, and the french lose there land. -
Treaty of paris
Britain and France singed the Treaty of Paris in 1763. France lost almost all of its North America possessions, and France surrendered. Then the British gained all other french territory East of the Mississippi. The Native Americans also lost a lot and could not stop the British. -
The quartering act
One year after the sugar act the parliament passed the quartering act. Which is when you save money. To enforce the proclamation of 1763. Britain kept 10,000 soldiers in the colonists. The act had the colonists to quarter, or house, British provided food and other supplies. the colonists protested angrily. They complained again that they were taking away there rights. -
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Pontiac's war
The last days of the French and Indian war, the leader Pontiac formed an alliance of western Native Americans in may 1763. The Pontiac's attacked the British the the British attacked the Native Americans, The British ended up defeating the Pontiac's and won the war in 1764. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid further wars with Native Americans on the frontier. So the British government banned colonists settlements on the west of the line drawn. Settlers were forced to move to east of the line. Some of the colonists disagreed with them.Then the proclamation was ignored and it was impossible for the British to enforce. -
Sugar act
The British effort to have new taxes on colonies began in 1764 when the sugar act started . The sugar act is when u put a duty on several products, including molasses. It is also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. -
Stamp act
An event more unpopular law was the stamp act, it passed in 1756. It required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. The stamps had to be placed on the newspaperrs,wills,license,insurance polices, land titles, contracts, and other documents. -
Boston massacre
The Boston massacre was incident on march 5, 1770. in which British soldiers killed five mail civilians and injured 6 others. -
Tea act
The British parliament passed the tea act. it was to help the British East Indian company, the company had made money growing tea in Indian and selling it to Britain and in the colonies. however the colonial boycott of tea hurt the company. the tea act lowered the price of 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. they threatened ship captains who were bringing in the tea and colonial tea merchants who said they would buy it. he refused to give the arr tea to ships that would allow them to return to England. one night a large crowed gathered in the harbor the next three hours they threw cases of tea into the harbor . -
Intolerable acts
The parliament passed four laws. these laws were so bad the colonists called them the Intolerable acts. The first act was to close the port of Boston. two others increases the power of royal governor, abolished the upper house of Massachusetts legislature, and cut the powers of town meetings. -
First continental congress
the colonies held the first continental congress. representatives from each colony except Georgia, met in Philadelphia. the royal governor in Georgia succeeded in blocking delegates from being sent to the congress. The representatives discusses their response to the British. -
battels of lexiongton and concord
It was the first military engagements of the American revolutionary war. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Massachusetts bay. Within the town of lexiongton concord. -
Battle for Fort Ticonderoga
Allen's force of 83 men reached the fort by crossing the lake at night and surprising the British in the early morning. Only 42 British troops guarded the fort and they surrendered almost immediately. -
The second Continental Congress
After the battles of Lexington and Concord many colonists still did not favor independence, most of them were ready to use force if necessary to defend there rights against the British.As the crisis with Britain deepened, the second Continental Congress came together. -
Olive Branch Petition
Two resolutions passed in July showed the Uncertainty of Congress. The first resolution was the Olive branch Petition and was sent to king George. The petition stated that the colonists were loyal the the king. it asked George to stop the fighting so all the disputes between the colonists and Britain could be solved peacefully. -
Battles of bunker and Breeds Hill
British general William Howe decided to attack straight up Breeds hill. The British attack failed. so did the second. The third attack succeeded, only because the Americans ran out of ammunition and had to retreat. Even though the British won, it was at a terrible cost almost over 1,000 were killed or hurt. The fighting called the Battle of bunker hill did not solve the problems. Boston was still surrounded by american forces. -
Invasion of quebec
On December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec city early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans and it became with heavy losses. -
The British withdrawal from Boston
The British could no longer defend the city. om march, 17, 1776, the British withdrawled from Boston by sea and never returned.Although the Americans won in Boston, Washington knew the war was far from over . Britain still held most of the Advantages.