French and Indian War

By 17kloppjennifer

  • French and Indian War

    The French and Indian war began when both france and britan were going to colonize Ohio. Britan told the govoner of Virgina to go kick France out. This started the war

  • Stamp act and colonist response 1756

    Tax on printed items such as wills and playing cards. this affexcted colonists directly because it was imposed on goods and services.

  • Writs of assistance 1761

    a general search warrent for british to swearch colonial ships if acccused of smuggling goods.

  • Treaty of Paris

    The treaty of Pais marked the end of the french na dindian war. Trailing the treat britan claimed canado na most of north america east of the mississippi.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    This was a dividing line along the appalacian mountains preventing the colonists from expandinginto native amaericvan land. This procalamation was ingnored and colonists continuied to expand.

  • Sugar act and Colonists response 1764

    A tax on molasses promoted by George Greenvill to paraiment hoping to make foreigh made molasses taxes higher. This had little effect on colonists.

  • Sons of Liberty and samuel adams 1765

    boston artisans shopkeepers and laborerers secret resistance to protest the law Samuel; addams founded and led the sons of liberty

  • Declatory act 1766

    same day the stamp act was repealled. asserted parliaments right to bind the colonies and people of america in all cases whatsoever

  • Town shend acts and colonists response 1767

    named after charles townshen leading govoner minister. This taxed goods imported into the colony from britan such as lead glass paint and paper and also Tea No taxation without representation. then boycatted british goods again. The north pursuaded parilamen to repeal the town shend act but not the tax on tea because of the boston massacre

  • Boston Massacre 1770

    mob in front of the oston customs house taunting brtish andf led to shots fired killing 5 colonists.

  • Tea act 1773

    british gives east india special rights to sell their tea directly to customers for less

  • Boston Tea Party

    boston rebels dress up at native americans dumped 18000 pounds of tea into the waters of boston harbor.

  • In tolerable acts1774

    1 shut down the boston arbor
    2 quartering act autorized british commanders to house soldiers in private vacant homes
    3 general thomas gage commander in cheif of british forces was appointed the new govoner of massachusettes

  • First continental congress meets 1774

    56 delegates met i philidalphia and wrote a declaration of colonial rights. It defended colonies and that if british fought them they could fight back

  • Minute men 1775

    Minute men were civilian soldiers who would be ready to fight the british on a minutes notice. They quietly gathered firearms and gnpowder to be on the ready

  • Continenal Army

    the name for the militia comanded by george washington

  • Midnight riders rever dawes Prescott

    colonist who spread the word that 700 british troops were headed for concord. this led to churchbells and gunshots alerting towns and towns over that the british were coming

  • Battle of Lexington 1775

    15 minute battle when the kings men teh red coats emerged upon 70 minutemen armed with muskets. british comander told the minute men to surrender and ly down their guns and leave. the minute men proceded to leave without putting down thei muskets and then one of them fired and the firestorm started. 18 minutemen were klled or injured

  • Battle of Concord 1775

    After the battle of lexington, british troops mached on to Concord to find an empty arsenal na dfew minutemen. When they went t leave 3000-4000 minute men lined up and started shooting. British troops fell by the dozens, humiliated and defeated the british troops went back to boston that night

  • Second Continental congress May 1775

    colonial leaders called it to discuss what to do next. after debae on eaither declaring independence or reconcillling with britan. They ended up appointing george washington as comander and recognizign or rebuilding their militia

  • Battle of Bunker

    British generalThomas Gage decided to strike the minutemen on Breeds Hill north of Bunker Hill. june 17 gage sent 2400 british soldiers up the hill. Colonist fired backa and eventually mowed down britihs trops