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CHANGES OF THE THIRTEEN INDEPENDENT COLONIES TO BECOMING A UNITED AMERICA -
END OF BEAVER WARS
The Beaver wars was fought between the Native Americans Iroquois, who primarily traded with the Dutch and British. The Dutch supplied the Iroquois with weapons to be used against the Algonquians, who were allies with the French. -
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FRENCH AND IROQUOI WAR
Algonquian who depended on the their French Allies, fought against , the Iroquois Indians, who relied on their allies the British and the Dutch (who supplied weapons) for fur trades, Their battle was for hunting grounds, This battle was during the profitable time of trading valuable beaver furs,thus also called the Beaver Wars. -
GEORGIA BECOMES 13TH COLONY
Georgia becomes the 13th Colony of the British colonies.Naming the state after King George III, a ship set sail with 113 immigrants, mostly individuals released from debtors prison, making Georgia the only government-funded colonial project. James Oglethorpe led the settlement with the vision that the poor also had a right to have a fresh start. -
PROCLOMATION LINE ESTABLISHED
In the aftermath of the French and Indian wars, King George III responded to a revolt led by Ottawa Indian tribe leader, Pontiac, King George III issued a proclamation that no western movement or settlement would be made past the a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. It was also prohibited for any colonist to make agreements or to buy land from the Native Americans. This was to be done by British Government only. -
THE SUGAR ACT
The tax on sugar was lowered to precent slow the smuggling of French sugar from the Western Indies. In the aftermath the British would then gain more in the sale of their own sugar, again lining their pockets to help pull them out of debt from the French and Indian Wars. -
THE QUARTERING ACT
After the French and Iroquois War, The British did not wan to move its soldiers back to Britain, and have them just sitting there with nothing to do so they decided to leave them in the British colonies. Rather than spending money on their military quarters, it was imposed upon the colonists to house the soldiers and feed them. This was a cause of further ire toward the British. -
December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party leads to Coercive Acts enforced by British
After the British place a Tea Tax on the colonists, tempers began to boil. Patriots, disguised as Indians, boarded 3 ships in the Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, and dumped all the tea overboard into the water. The British government demanded restitution, by placing more taxes on the colonists to gain repayment. Strict Coercive Acts (also know as the Intolerable Acts) were also initiated by the British to try to regain control of the colonists. -
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
The First Continental Congress was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to put a stop to the Coercive Acts imposed by the British. The Declaration and Resolves created. A Petition of Congress to the King was sent with ultimatums if the coercive acts since 1773 were not lifted. -
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
The Second Continental Congress managed the Revolutionary war effort, Designed as a government, it helped move the colonists toward independence. It was the Second Continental Congress that adopted the Declaration of Independence. -
BEGINNING OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR
After many Intolerable Acts pressed upon the Colonists by the British, it began to become a reality of the necessity to become independent from the British even if it meant war. This realization became reality as the Declaration and Resolves was constructed and sent to the King of Britain, by the First Continental Congress. -
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
The Declaration of Independence was a stand to state it's independence from the British. The tolerance of the colonists was gone with the intolerable acts being enforced. The British seemed to take pleasure in getting as much money as they could from the American colonies to get themselves out of debt after the French and Iroquois War. -
PARIS PEACE TREATY
As the Revolutionary war became a global event the with England and France involved. The signing of the Paris Peace Treaty took place in Paris, France. With the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty the Revolutionary War was ended and the United States was recognized as independent from England. -
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
The French needed money for their war efforts with the British in Europe which was imminent. They sold the land (approximately 827,000 square miles for fifteen million dollars. Louisiana was slipped in away from Spain, as the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans was greatly needed. -
DECLARATION OF WAR OF 1812
As we see the English and British take on each in Battle in Europe, we see the British begin to take U.S. ships and sailors hostage. This leads the U.S. into another war with the British know as the War of 1812.
