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Albany congress
The french and the british fought in the war. The cause of the war is that the british thought war was coming so they wanted to make an allience with the iroquos but they said no because they thought french would beat them. The outcome was the french won the war -
Treaty of Paris
British declared war on France mark in the official beginning of the seven years war between the two countries shortly there fortear. French troops led by General Lewis De Malcom captured and destroy Britain's fort Oswego on Lake Ontario and 1757 Montcalm captured Fort William Henry on Lake George. -
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French and Indian war
The french and the indians fought in the french & indian war. The cause of the war was that the french were building forts on virginia territory. The outcome was that Geroge Washigton and his crew beat the french. -
The quartering act
One year later, Parliament passed the Quartering act. The purpose of the quartering act was to save money. To enforce the proclamation of 1763, written kept about 10,000 soldiers in the colonies. The act required colonist to quarter or house, Bridgers troops and provide them with food and other supplies -
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Pontiacs wars
In the last days of the French and Indian war the leader of Ottawa nation, Pontiac form an alliance of western Native Americans. In 1763 Pontiac and his allies attack British forts and settlements throughout the area do you have a dozen question British forts were destroyed at least 2000 backcountry settlers were killed. The bridge is finally defeated Pontiac scores in early August at a battle gear for pity party I continue to fight for another year but by the fall of 1764 for the war was over -
Proclamation of 1763
British wanted to avoid future wars were native Americans on the front tier. Therefore, the richest government issued the proclaim nation of 1763. It banned colonial settlement west of the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains sellers were sold they had to move to a location east of that line. The proclamation of 1763 Angered many colonist believe they have the right to Reside wherever they wanted. -
The sugar act
British effort supposed to text on the colonies began in 1764 one Parliament passed the the sugar act which Put a duty on several products including Molosses. I also called for harsh punishments of smugglers. -
Stamp act
And even more unhappy with law was the stamp act, passed by Parliament in 1765. The stamp act require that all colonist by special taxing is for all kinds of products and activities. The stamps had to be on are newspapers wills license insurance policies land titles contracts and other documents. Test against the stamp guys were widespread. Virginia's house of burgesses past several resolutions to clear that it alone have the right to tax the people Virginia. -
Intolerable acts
The Boston Tea Party outraged The British government. King George III called for tough action to make examples of the people of Boston and Massachusetts. In response to the incident Parliament passed four of us these laws were so harsh that colonies call them the intolerable acts -
Tea act
The British Par;iment passed the tea act. It was intended to help the British east India Company. The tea act actually lowered the price of tea by allowing the East India Company to ship tea directly to the colonies Britisn. -
Boston tea party
A group of colonists called The sons of liberty soon organized in port cities to stop the East India Company tea from being uploaded. No tea was uploaded in New York, Philadelphia or other ports. Boston governer -
First Continental Congress
The meeting known as the First Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia in September and October 1774. 12 of the 13 colonies send delegates. Only Georgia did not send representatives. Among The delegates were John Adams and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts Johnjay from New York and George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia. The congress demand of the repeal of the intolerable acts and declare that the colonist had the right to tax and govern themselves -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was mostly about minutemen. In Concorde there minutemen been storing arms and in concord cord about 20 miles from Boston. In Lexington 77 minute man reading when the British arrived. The British commander order the minitemen to go home.they refused suddenly a shot rang out nobody knows who fired it but it turned out to be the first shot of the American Revolution.. -
Battle for fort ticonderoga
On May 10 1775 a daring band of colonist made a surprise attack on fort Ticonderoga. The fort stood southern end of lake Champlain and protected the water route to Canada. Leading the force was Ethan Allen, a blacksmith. Most of his followers came from nearby Green Mountains of todays Vermont. Allen's force 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, They almost surrendered almost immediately -
The second continental congress
Even after the lexington and concord ,most colonies still did not favor independence. At the time many of them were ready to use force, if necessary, to defend there rights against the british. As the crisis with britian deepened, the second continental congress came together in Philly in May 1775. The delegates included Thomas Jefferson, a young lawyer from Virginia. Boston merchant John Hancock; and Ben franklin from Philly. -
Olive Branch Pettiton
The Olive Branch Petiton was to state that the colonist were loyal to the king. It asked George to stop all the fighting so all disputes between the colonist and Britain could be solved peacefully. The petition got its name from the Olive branch, a symbol ofpeace since ancient times. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The fighting called the Battle of Bunker Hill, did not solve Britian's problem. Boston still was surrounded by American forces. In July 1775, George Washington arrived and took charge of the army. -
Invasion on quebec
In late December 1775, the Americans attacked Quebec during a severe snowstorm. The attack was turned back. Montgromery was killed, and Arnold was wounded. The Americans stayed outside Quebec until may 1776,when the british landed new forces in Canada. -
The British withdrawl from Boston
In March, Washington placed cannons on high ground overlooking Boston. The British could no longer defend the city. On March 17 1776, They withdrew from Boston by sea and never returned. Although the Americans won in Boston, Washington knew that the was far from over. Britian still held most of the advantages. They had the most powerful navy in the world. They used it to transport troops and supplies and to blockade American ports. -
Boston massacre
Once again the protest worked. The boycott her British merchants and manufactures, who put pressure on Parliament. On March 5, 1770, Parlem man repealed all the town Shende duties except the one on tea. That taxes left and forced to demonstrate apartments right to tax the colonies