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life in the colonies prior to 1763
life was good in the colonies because most of the colonie had religous freedom. also bad because in the cities everything was close and it was smelly because all of the garbage. -
strength and weaknesses on the american army
want to win the war. they also had stong generals with good plans. and lastly they fight for a cause. -
strength and weaknesses
the brittish army is well trained . they provide their own equiptment and they fight for money and not for a cause -
The french and indian war
the french and indian war made some of the english people mad because of the war they had less money, lost of people that fought the war, and there was a loss of resources. on the other hand it was good because it gave them a hudge gain of land. -
the proclamation of 1763
the procalmation was to keep peace with thte frenchbecause they were worried about the indians killing the colonists because the land they were promised was being taken away by the king -
The stamp act
it was a tax that when you bought any type of paper product like cards.news papers etc... the poeple in the colonies didnt like this because they fought the war and they didnt lke that they had to pay teaxes so they went and protested at the tax collectors house and they would tar and feather them and they tried to burry one tax collector alive and they would also taer down there houses so the repealed the tax. -
the Quatering act
The tax was to pay the of the debt from the french an indian war.In 1765.Everybody in the cononies had to pay the tax. -
Townshend Duties
It was to get more income to the goverment so that meant more taxs for the conlonists. -
the boston massacure
people were harrsing a british soldier and then the guy got hit in the face witth a musket and the one soldier got knocked out from a club and threw all of the solderies started shooting and killed about 5people and paul rivear captured the movemement engraving it to become a newspaper. -
Tea Act/Boston tea party
A group of men dressed there self as native amercians and boraded three tea ships and throw tea over borad. -
the intolerable acts
they started because the boston tea party king george argreed that made the inderable acts they were to punish massachaqetts for boston tea party that took away control of goverment.Close the harbor,soldeir that were acused of murder were to be tried in england and lasty they sent more more troops to enfroced the laws. -
the intolerable acts
they stareted because the boston tea party king George thought they going to far.so they intolerable acts they were to punish massaquqets for the boston tea party that took away control of goverment.close the harbor,soldeir that were accused of merder they sent more trrops to enforce the laws -
Siege of Boston
The cannons from taner oga over looked the city and the british evactuated the city and took boats and went to canda and figurre out where they were gonna attack -
Battle of Bunker Hill.
isreal putman led a few hundred and the british people were orderd not to shoot until you see the whites of their eyes and the americans lost because the didnt have enough gun powder. -
olive branch petition
The olve branch pettitoin was the last response from the colonist the king responded by bring the colonies trators to justice and the colonists thought that he wasnt helping them. -
Thomas Painses common sense
A partroit name thomas paine wrote a panflict and it said they it is commones that should be allowed to seek inddependent.Common sense changes more colnist minds in the colonies. -
The Writing of the Decloration
It5 was written a total of two times by thomas hefferson and it was first written on july second and then there was an issue of slavery being involved so they had to take it out and it was finished on july forth -
key phrases/principles in the declaration
first copy of the decloration had slaveryin it so they had to rewrite it and in stead of slavery they put in that if a goverment doesnt do what you want you can throw them out of there place and get a new goverment that will listent to you. -
The Crisis
it was to motivate the americans to fight -
Battle of Trenton
The american surprised the british hessians and the the british lost because they werent ready because they were surprised -
Southern Campaigans
British took war to aouth and britian took the war to sea. -
Battle of Saratoga
the continental army defeatsthe british and tis victory convinces the french and the spanish to join the war -
valley forge
washingon is forced to create camp a camp that protects pa from british who are occupying philly the american army is created in valley forge -
Battle of Monmouth Courthouse.
it is the only time in the entire war that washingtonand his men fought in european war fair -
Battle of yorktown
One of the biggest wars lost by the british and the american one the war in newyork. -
Treaty in paris
Can fish off of canadas atlantic coast.near new found land and nova scotia.They had to follow six conditoins and it ended the revolutionary war.England had to see America as an Independent country.United States doubles in size. -
Impact of War
3600 soliders were lost and only 10,00 solideers lost on the british. they were in debt 270 million dollars.instead of the king ruleing the people ruled
