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The French & Indian War
The French & Indian war started in 1754 and ended in 1763. The French and British were fighting cause they both claimed the Ohio territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi and fought for that land. At first the French seemed to be winning so everyone wanted to be on their side. At the end the British won. After the war the British had to pay a lot of war taxes. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty officially ended the war on September 3, 1783. Benjamin franklin, john Adams, and john jay signed it. Britain agreed to remove its troops from the nation. It also set borders for the United States. United States agreed to let British troops still in America to leave and agreed to pay debts owed to Britain. The United States agreed not to persecute loyalists in America and allow people that left to return. The war was over so now the British could enjoy victory. It affected France beca -
Traety Of Paris
The war was over so now the British could enjoy victory. It affected France because the treaty of Paris marked the end of frances power in North America. -
Pontiac's War
Pontiac’s war was a war that started in 1763 by a confederation of elements from Native American tribes from the great lakes region, the Illinois country, and Ohio country who were unsatisfied with British postwar policies in the great lakes after the French and Indian war. Pontiac’s war was fought because the British treated the American Indians bad compared to the French the traditional gift giving had been stopped and settlers moved to traditional Indian hunting grounds. Pontiac’s war is name -
Pontiac's War
Pontiac’s war is named after its most famous participant the Ottawa leader Pontiac. The loss of life after the war affected the colonies. About 400 British soldiers were killed and about 50 were captured and tortured to death. About 2000 settler had been killed or captured. The violence compelled about 4000 settlers from PA and Virginia to flee their homes. -
Proclamation of 1763
It closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. They did it to calm the fears of the Indians who felt the colonists would drive them from their lands when they expand.it also established four new colonies. They made all lands within the Indian territory occupied were to be abandoned. The proclamation said that colonists were not allowed to move into Native American lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. Also it organized the lands of that area. The purpose was to organize Great Britain’s new -
proclamation of 1763
Also it organized the lands of that area. The purpose was to organize Great Britain’s new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native Americans and trade, settlement, and land purchases. Colonists were angry about the proclamation because many already had land in the area west. They were mad that Britain limited the amount of available land. Upset cause the land they wanted for fertile soil for farming the law forbade them. -
The Sugar Act
An act passed by the british parliment in 1764. It placed a tax of three cents on sugar that was bought by colonists. during French and Indian war British collected a lot of debt. So to pay it they decided to tax the colonists. They passed the law to raise money to pay off debt. The colonists were angry about the sugar act. -
The Stamp Act
It was a tax that required americans to pay tax on every piece of printed paper used. They passed the law to help pay for defending and protecting the American Frountier near the Appilatian mountains. The colonists reacted by boycotting it. the difference between how the colonists reacted with the Sugar Act and Stamp Act was that in the Sugar Act they were angry and didnt follow the law. in the stamp act they boycotted it. -
The Quartering Act
It was a law passed by british rulers in 1793 that forced colonial authorities and their famies to provide food ,fuel, transportation, and shelter to British military while they were in American. The purpose of the law was to allow Britian to keep a standing army in colonies without paying to much. They reacted to it by protests, threatening to kill the king, and killing some of the soldiers. -
The Stamp Act Congress
They held the stamp act of congress to divise a unified protest against new British taxation. The people that were part of it were William Franklin, Horatio Sharpe, Benning Wentworth, and William Tryon. Nine colonies were represented. -
The Townshed Acts
Townshend act originated from Charels Townshend. He was an agriculturist. Also he was a British member of the Parliment. The purpose was to strenghten the power of the British Parliment along with British Royals. In the Townshend Acts things like lead, paint, paper, glass, and tea were taxed. They didnt like it so they orginized a boycott to say that they wouldnt buy these products. The only tax that remained was the tax on tea. -
The Boston Massacre
The events that lead up to the boston massacre was the Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts. The Boston Massacre was a streat fight that occured on March 5, 1770 between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks. A squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.Soldiers that were on trial. Cause they deserved a fair trial. No, cause it wasnt their fault cause they only shot cause they were scared and surounded. then they hurd a gunshot so they shot their guns to -
The Boston Massacre
So they shot their guns to prtect themselves. Also they only shot once and didnt reload and keep shooting. -
The Tea Act
It allowed the British East of India company to sell tea directly to the colonists. Many colonial merchants and smugglers feared that the british companys cheap tea would put them out of business. sSo help colonial merchants and smuggler from going out of business. A monopoly is the exclusive possesion or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. -
The Boston Tea Party
Is demonstration by sitizens of Boston who raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest aganst taxes on tea. Cause it was a protest to lower the cost of tea. The group responsible was led by Samuel Adams called the "Sons Of Liberty". The British responded by marking the Intolerable acts wich closed Boston ports and destroyed Massachusetts government. -
The Intolerable Acts
It was passed cause of the Boston Tea Party and cause they were deeply in debt an thought the American colonists should pay part of the expense. They were also called the coercive acts. There were actually five laws that were part of them. -
The First Contenental Congress
The purpose was to repeal Britians taxes and overturn any other harsh measures. 12 Colonies were represented. There were 56 people there. Two things they agreed on were boycotting British goods and have a council of saftey for every colony. People who were there were , Nathaniel Folsom, John Adams, Stephen Crane, John Dickenson, Thomas Mckean, Samuel Chase, and George Washington. -
Lexington and Concord
They were headed to Concord cause thry sent to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock in Lexington and to seize gun powder and other military supplies in concord. Were the revilution of our america started. A minuteman is a member of a class of American millitiamen who voluntered to be ready for service at a minutes notice. In concord were the first military engagments of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Second Continental Congress
On June 14, 1775 the congress voted to create the continental army. The olive branch petition was a letter written by the second contenental congress to King George , addresing colonial provblems and also a last resort to avoid further bloodshed in the americas. It formed the continental army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
William built erect defences on bunker hill on the night of June 16,1775. the actual defense was built on Breed hill cause it was lower and closer to the harbor. William Prescott lead the Americans in the battle. Thomas Gage lead the British at the battle. The British used a simple frontal assault sending the army striaght up breeds hill where the colonists were dug in. The british won the battle. It was a very costly battle cause a lot were killed and british wounded 800 soilders.
