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The French and Indian War 1
The French and Indian was started on January 1st, 1754 and officially ended in 1763. One reason that they battled was because they wanted to control trade with the Native Americans. Another was they wanted complete domination of North America, the Carribean and in India. France wanted to stop the Ohio River Valley's spanish expansion because it had a vital link that was between their settlements along the Mississippi River and their lands in Canada. -
The French and Indian War 2
Earlier in the war, it appeared the French were winning the war because they were having many previous victories. However, the British actually won the war. The negative outcome of the war on the British was the war expenses. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is a document that marked the end of French power in North America. A positive outcome for the British was that they doubled in size. The British had gained Canada and all French lands east of the Mississippi river. The French had lost a majority of North American territory, and will seek revenge. -
Pontiac's War
Pontiac's War is an alliance created by the leaser of the Ottawa nation that attacked British settlements throughout the area. This war was fought because Pontiac and his allies attacked the British, so the British reacted with equal viciousness. This war was named after Pontiac---the leader of the Ottawa nation. One half of western British forts were destroyed, and at least 2,000 backcountry settlers were destroyed by Pontiac's War, -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 is a document that the British Government had written to ban colonial settlement west of the Appalation Mountains. The purpose of this law was to avoid future wars with Native Americans. The colonists acted with anger. They thought that they should be able to settle wherever they pleased, therefore, the Proclamation of 1763 was ignored. Since the colonists ignored it, it made it impossible for the British to enforce. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a law that made an effort to impose new taxes on colonies, and it called for harsh punishment for smugglers. The Parliament passed this law becuase they wanted to put new taxes on colonies, and to make money. Not many of the colonists reacted. The colonial merchants who sometimes traded in smuggled goods protested. -
The Stamp Act 1
The Stamp Act was a law that required all colonists to buy special stamps that taxes all kinds of items and activities. The stamp is already placed on the product before you buy it, and the stamp raises the price of the product becauce you are paying for the stamp also. The Parliament passed this law to make money. Once again, colonists were angry. The colonists protested, boycotted, and signed petitions. -
The Stamp Act 3
Delegates from 9 colonies met in New York for the Stamp Act Congress. They signed a petition and sent it to the King and Parliament and demanded them to end the Stamp Act and Sugar Act. -
The Stamp Act 2
The difference betweent the reaction from the colonists in their reaction to the Stamp Act compared to the Sugar Act was that their reaction to the Stamp Act was far worse. For the Sugar Act only few protested but in the Stamp Act many people protested, signed petitions and boycotted. The colonists "fought back" the Stamp Act in many ways. One way was the merchants in New York, Boston and Philidelphia organized a boycott. The protests spread throughout every colony. -
The Quartering Act
The Quarting Act is a law that required colonists to house british troops and provide them with food and other things that they would need. The purpose of this law to to save money. The Quartering Act required colonists to quarter british troops and provide them with all supplies that they would need, like food. The colonists protested angrily, and they complained that the Parliament was violating their right, -
The Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was held because the colonists didn't want to be taxed without their consent. The key leaders of this act was the Sons of Liberty. Nine of the colonies were represented. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances is a document adopted by Congress that stated that the freeborn englishmen couldn't be taxed without their permission, and, any tax that was imposed on them was unconsitional without the consent of their colonial leglistlatures. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was named after and official in charge of the British treasury, named Charles Townshend. The purpose of this law was so British wouldn't be able to tax products or activities inside the colonies anymore. All products that were brought into the colonies were taxed. The colonists response to this was that they boycotted british goods. When this act was repealed, the tax on tea remained. -
Boston Massacre
The British soldiers and the colonists already didn't get along, so when they arrived the colonists started to threaten the soldiers. This started the Boston Massacre. On March 5, 1770 a large group of angry colonists surrounded a small group of soldiers. The colonists surrounded them, yelled at them, threw rocks, snowballs, and ice at them, all because they were angered with the British troops blaming them for their loss of jobs. This frightened the soldiers, and they heard a gunshot so they -
Boston Massacre 2
all started to shoot, because they were taught to defend themselves when they felt frightened. They had killed 5 colonists and left 6 wounded. In my opinion, i find it unfair to call it the Boston Massacre because the soldiers didn't intentially kill the colonists. It was truly an accident because they felt in danger, therefore the shot. Because of them killing some colonists, they tried to arrest him for murder. An anti-british named John Adams, defended the British soldiers. Why? Because he -
Boston Massacre 3
felt as if in a free country everyone has the right to a fair trial or a lawyer. Paul Revere then made a famous picture of the Boston Massacre and had called it "The Bloody Massacre". The picture was a complete lie. -
The Tea Act
The purpose of The Tea Act was to tax tea. It was intended to help one of Britain's most important companies called the British East India Company. A monopoly is having complete control of a market over a certain product. -
Boston Tea Party 2
royal governor, eradicated the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, and cut the powers of the town meetings. -
The Boston Tea Party 1
The Boston Tea Party is an event where they stopped the East India Company tea from being unloaded. The colonists in New York and Philadelphia refused to accept the tea, but in Boston they refused to concede. The Tea Act caused the Boston Tea Party. The colonists threw 342 cases of tea into the British Harbor. The Sons of Liberty are responable for the Boston Tea Party. The British's response to this is was making the Intolerable Acts of 1774 which closed Boston Ports, increaded the power of the -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed due to the outrage of British governments. Another name for these acts was the Coercive acts. These acts contained 4 laws. The key points or parts of the Intolerable acts are they shut down ports in Boston, they forced the colonists to hold their tries in Britain, they forbid colonists to hold town meetings, and no longer could red coats camp tents on Boston. -
The First Continental Congress
This meeting was held to repeal the Intolerable Acts, and 12 of the 13 colonies were represented. There were 56 people who attended the First Continental Congress. Two things the colonies agreed to do was boycott british goods, and to have a council of saftey for every colony. Some key people who attended the First Continental Court were John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Jay, George Washington, and Patrick Henry. -
Lexington and Concord 1
The reasons that the British military was heading to Concord was because the minutemen were storing arms there, and they were hoping to capture amunition and arm that the colonists had stashed. In Lexington, about 77 of their minutemen were waiting for the Britishs arrival. The British commandor told the minutemen to go home, and they refused to do so. All of a sudden, a shot rang out and nobody knows who had fired it. That gun shot turned out to be the first shot of the American Revolution. -
Lexington and Concord (2
A minuteman is a citizen soldier who was ready to fight in a minutes notice. In Concord, General Thomas Gage sent 700 troops to seize the arms and also capture some of their important leaders. When the British troops set out, a signal sent by the Patriots appeared in the steeple of Boston's old north church, Paul Revere and William Pawe rode through the night to warn the minutemen. -
The Second Continental Congress
On June 14,1775 congress voted to create the continental army and they made George Washington the Commandor-in-Chief. The Olive Branch Petition was a document sent to the kind asking to stop the bad blood between the colonies so that the problems between them can be solved peacefully. The Declaration of Causes is a document that stated that the colonists were ready to "die freemen rather than live as slaves." The Congress ended up being the new American Government. -
Battle of Bunker Hill 1
The colonists intended on building there defenses on Bunker Hill, but they misunderstood Ward's orders and ended up building their defenses on Breed's Hill. Israel Putnam leaded the American's at Bunker Hill, and William Howe leaded the British. The British's strategy was to save as much amunition as possible. They were to not fire unless they could see the white of their eyes. This battle took place on June 17 during the Siege Of Boston. Despite its name, it mostly took place on Breed's Hill. -
Battle of Bunker Hill 2
The first two attacks resulted in considerable losses to the British force. The third attack resulted differently.. the American's amunition ran out, and the British turned the war around and won the battle. It was a very costly victory because 226 of their men were killed, and 828 were wounded.
