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French and Indian War
The French War started in 1754 and ended in 1763. They were fighting because both the French and the British claimed the Ohio River Valley. In the early was the French looked like they were going to win. But ultimately the British won the war. A down side to that was the British went into debt. -
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris signified Great Britain's win over France signed by Britain, France, and Spain with Portugal in agreement. A positive outcome for the British was that they received Quebec and the Ohio River Valley. The French lost most to all of their North American land and they lost one of the biggest cities in Canada. -
Pontiac's War
Pontiac's War was a bunch of unsatisfied indian tribes unhappy with the British rules after the French and Indian War mainly around the Great Lakes Region and Illinois and Ohio country. The war was fought cause the Indian's were unhappy with the British rules and they British kept stealing Indian land. It gets its name from the Ottawa leader Pontiac in which who started the war. Many colonists died, The Indians would attack small forts around the upper Southern colonies and lower middle colonie -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a border separating the Indians and the British going through the App. Mountains. The purpose of the proclamation was to separate Great Britain's new North American empire and to avoid further war with the Native Americans. After the war was over they were promised more land and then the British made a law saying they can’t expand. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act required merchants to pay a six cense tax on sugar. They passed the law because after the war they were in great debt, so they thought since they were protecting the colonists the colonists should pay. They colonists responded by boycotting all sugar items from Britain. -
Stamp Act
A law that put a stamp on certain products from Britain. They made the law because Britain was in debt after the war so they taxed the colonists. The colonists boycotted the stamped products from Britain. The colonists boycotted products from Britain in both situations. The colonists created a group called "The Sons of Liberty" and threatened to burn tax collectors houses down and kill them. -
Quartering Act
A law saying colonists had to house, feed, and clothe them without question. The purpose was so British could have an army in the colonies without have to pay too much, It required the colonists to take care of soldiers. As a response the colonists protested, signed petitions, killed soldiers, threatened to kill king, and refusing to take care of soldiers -
Stamp Act Congress
A group of members from 9 colonies had a meeting in New York signing a petition saying why the Parliament had no right to tax them. Thomas Jefferson led the congress. Nine of the colonies were represented. It was a document saying taxes imposed on colonists were unconstitutional. -
Townshend Acts
The acts were named after Charles Townshend and his title was the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The purpose of the acts was to raise revenue to pay for the salaries of governors and judges. Things such as lead, paint, paper, glass, and tea were taxed. They started mobs, boycotted, refused to take care of soldiers, and signed unimportant pacts. The act that remained was the Tea Act. -
Boston Massacre Part 1
The British dropped the Townshend Act on the colonies. Then tension started to build up between Boston and Britain. Then a soldier had an argument with a colonist and the colonist, so the colonist struck him. The massacre started because drunken colonists were taunting British soldiers. Then one of the colonists hit a soldier with a club. Then the soldier shot him. Then other soldiers started firing. Answered A-B -
Boston Massacre Part 2
No, I thought it was more of a war in a way; the colonists attacked the soldiers so the soldiers fought back. John Adams defended the soldiers. He defended them because he believed everyone had a fair chance. Paul Revere made an engraving of the Boston Massacre. -
Tea Act
The purpose was to bail out the struggling India East Company, a big part of the British economy. It was meant to help the British East India Company. A monopoly is a company who controls all of a specific product. -
The Boston Tea Party
It was a nonviolent protest by the "Sons of Liberty” who dressed up as Indians and threw hundreds of gallons of tea imported from Britain over a ship. They did it because of the prices of the tea. 342 chests of tea were thrown overboard. The "Sons of Liberty" were responsible. The British created the Intolerable Acts in response. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed because of the Boston Tea Party. Another name was the Coercive Acts. The Intolerable Acts were a total of 5 laws. Some main part was that the British closed all of Boston’s ports; British restricted the colonies to have political meetings, and they the soldier house where ever they like. -
The First Continental Congress
It was a meeting to discuss the Intolerable Acts. Only 12 colonies had representatives. 54 people attended the meeting. They agreed to boycott British goods and have a council of safety for every colony. Some key people were George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Jay, John Adams, and Samuel Adams. -
Lexington and Concord Part 2
The two intentions were to destroy weapons and eat breakfast. Then the militia gathered more men and headed back to town, then they ran into more British forces and gunshots were fired, The militia got reinforcements from Boston and started to encircle the British getting ready for a siege. -
Lexington and Concord Part 1
The soldiers wanted to arrest John Hancock and Sam Adams, they also wanted to get military. Lexington was the first military engagements of the Revolutionary War. About 700 British soldiers were sent to capture and destroy militia supplies stored in Mass. A minuteman is a militia who is ready to fight in a minutes notice. In Concord shortly after midnight church bells rang alerting minutemen of British soldiers. At about 7:30 the minute men retreated and the British arrived with two intentions. -
Second Continental Congress
They voted to create a Continental army out of militia around Boston and voted George Washington as leader. The Olive Branch Petition signified an attempt at a full out war between the colonies and Great Britain. The Declaration of Causes explained why the colonies went to war with Britain. -
Battle of Bunker Hill Part 2
retreated. That was one of the most significant losses for the Americans, the British one the battle. You could call it a costly victory because the British had 800 wounded and 226 killed. -
Battle of Bunker Hill Part 1
They built their defenses on the Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. The colonists were led by William Prescott. Thomas Gage led the British into battle. Gage and the British's plan was a simple frontal assault. To try and make the colonists flee. The colonists were set up on Bunker Hill. The British came at night to attack them but they missed Bunker Hill and went to Breed's Hill. The next day the British attacked and retreated three times. The third time the colonists ran low on ammo so they-
