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Pontiac's War
Pontiacs war was the leader of Ottawa nation (which is Pontiac) formed an alliance of Native Americans from the west. Pontiac and the natives attacked the british forts and their settlements. Pontiacs war was fought because Pontiac was leading the Indians, Indians were recieving help and aid from the French. Pontiacs War gets its name because Pontiac started the war. The war effected colonists because the British were in high dept and thought colonists should pay it. -
The French an Indian War
The French and Indian war started in 1754 and ended 1763. The reasons the French and British were fighting was because they both claimed The Ohio River Valley, then in 1753 the French began building forts on the Ohio River Valley which is Pennsylvania. This is how the French and Indian war started. The British won many early victories and had been winning the war, finally the British won the war. There was a negative affect on the britsih though, they were in very big dept. -
Treay of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was a treaty ending the war against the French and the British. A plus for the British is America said they could stay there and they would pay off all their dept and this Effected the French, and they lost alot of land. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclomation of 1763 was a Document banning colonists from expaning. The purpose of this law was to keep colonists from expaning to prevent another war. Colonists were supposed to stay East of the Appalachain Mountians. Because of this the colonists were upset and angry that they could not settle on the Ohio River Valley. They were mainly upset because the Ohio River Valley had fertile soil for farming. -
The Sugar Act
The sugar act was the British's effort to add taxes on lots of products such as molasses. One of the big reasons they passed this law was because they made it a harsh punishment for the smugglers, for this the merchants protested. The colonists were mad because now they have to pay more for things they need. -
The Stamp Act B.
By protesting, starting Boycotts, and signing petitions delcaring the Acts change. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a document saying all the colonists had to but stamps to put on newspapers, licenses, insurance, ect. They passed this law because the extra money paid for the war and their supplies. The colonists protested, they were mad and angry so Partick Henry wrote and emotional speech saying the law is wrong and brought up the death of Julius Ceaser. d.There was alot more anger with the Stamp act because it had effect on more people and more things. e. The colonists fought back.. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a law enforcing the Proclomation of 1763. The reason they passed this law was because was to save money and to provide the British with food. This required colonists to Qaurter or House. Now once again the colonists were angry and thought this was violating their rights. -
The Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was held because people wanting to show how much they disliked it and thought it was wrong. The most important leaders were Willaim Pitt because he was the leader of the British government, and Thomas Gage because he was the British general and Gov. of Massachusetts. There were nine colonies representated. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document stating that the Stamp Act and all the other laws were unconstitutional. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was named after Charles Townshend because he created the law. The Townshend Act was all 4 Acts that were past. The purpose of this law was to make new taxes on products. The items that were taxed were tea,paints,glass,lead and paper. The colonists were getting so furious and violent that they sent more troops to the colonies. Since they did that all the taxes were repealed except for the tea tax. -
The Boston Massacre
The events leading up to the Boston Massacre were The colonists did not want to pay tax on their products which were lead, glass, paint, paper and tea. Also colonists were really angry because of the way they were being treated, mainly the Stamp Act which was a law saying colonists must put stamps on certain documents and such also the Sugar Act which was a law saying you must pay tax on sugar and molasses these were the events leading up to the Bosten Massacre. The Boston Massacre was -
The Boston Massacre C.
Its not like they bombed the whole state of Massachusetts all that happened was 5 colonists got shot and died. e. A famous American named John Adams defended the soldiers who fired. f. Even though John wasnt British he defended them because he thought every person in a free country accused of a crime had a chance to a lawyer. g.The person who made the famous Boson Massacre picture was Paul Revere to effect the people who didnt witness it. -
The Boston Massacre B.
the 5 British colonists that were killed.It was the anger of the British colonies that had been growing.a crowd of colonists were throwing snowballs around a group of British soldiers protecting the Boston Customs House. The soldiers became angry after one of them had been hit with a snowball, and they fired a gun into the crowd, even though they were not allowed to fire they did and five colonists were killed. I dont think they needed to call this the Boston Massacre because its not like -
The Tea Act
The purpose of the Tea Act was not to higher the revenue of the colonists and the colonies. This was ment to help the East India Company they gave the company a monopoly on the importation and sale tax on tea. A Monopoly is "total control of a market for a certain product". -
The Boston Tea Party B
Massachusetts. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was people of the Massachusetts Patriots that were protesting the monopoly tea for the East India Company. The cause of the Boston Tea Party was the monopoly for the East India Company. There was 342 chests of tea thrown into the harbor. Thats alot! The group that is responsible fro this incident was "Sons of Liberty" led by Samuel Adams, The British will respond to the Boston Tea Party by creating the Intolerable Acts which and destroyed the government of -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed to destroy the Massachusetts Government because of the way they were treating colonists. Another name for the Intolerable Acts was Coercive Acts because it was a patriot name for lots of laws passed by the British. There were 4 laws passed which were Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act. Also some important parts of them were Impartial Administration of Justice Act which allowed the governor of a colony to move trials to other colonies. -
The First Contiental Congress
The reason they all came together was to come up with a statement of rights, to identify laws that violated their rights, and to do something to convince the British that these laws were unexceptible. There were exactly 12 colonies that came together except for Georgia. There were also about 55 representatives, including George Washington , Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and John Adams. Two things that the colonies agreed on was boycott British goods and products and also agreed to meet again -
The First Continental Congress B.
Some key people that are very famous that attened are George Washington, John Adams, , Samuel Adams, and Patrick Henry. -
Lexington and Concord
The reason the British were heading to to Concord was because General Gage found out that the colonists had kept supplies and gun ammunition at Concord some. On he sent 700 of his troops togo get the supplies and , if they could get Samuel Adams and John Hancock they were to arrest them. So when the British came to attack the Rebels, the Minutemen were waiting to attack Lexington. The Americans were leaving when someone fired a shot. The British started to shoot the Minutemen. -
Lexington and Concord B.
And a minuteman is a member of American militiamen who were to be ready to attack in a minute. In Concord, The British went to look for weapons, but didn't find anything . From the woods and fields the Minutemen shot at them. British were stuck between the sea and the Patriot. They had nowhere to go, nowhere to run. The only logical thing to do was try to defend themselves. -
Lexington and Concord C
These battles helped the colonies against King George III come together and this started our Revolutionary War. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Congress discussed making money by printing it, decided to leave from Britain. The important thing they did was writing and signing the Declaration of Independence. The Olive Branch Petition was taken by the Continental Congress. in an attempt to avoid war from the Thirteen Colonies, Great Britain, and the Congress represented. The declaration of causes was a document to explain why the Thirteen Colonies had weapons in what had become the American Revolutionary War. -
The Second Continental Congress B.
The Congress ended up authorizing the printing of money for the colonies. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill C.
a good chance of winning its just the colonists ran out of ammuntion so they lost. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonists intended to build a fort 160 feet long and 30 feet high atop Bunker Hill. The colonists accually built their defences on Breeds Hill. The Americans were led by Colonel William Prescott. The British were led up the hill by General William Howe who was in control of the British troops. The British’s planned on taking over the hills around Boston to gain advantage. They chose this strategy because it would be like a head start to winning for them. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill B.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a problem between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War. The battlefield that they fought on was located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. At the Battle of Bunker Hill the British won the battle, but the British lost lots of men during the battle. The main reason the British won was because the colonists ran short of ammunition. I think it was a very colse victory because they both had
