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Albany Congress
In New York twenty-three delegates met to discuss pressing problems in the Ohio River Valley. When they discussed it Ben Franklin worte the Plan of Union of 1697. -
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Capture of Fort Necessity by the French
England Built a fort called Fort Necessity,but then the french attacked they had no choice but to surrender. This was a small victory in the French and Indian War. -
General Braddock's defeat at Fort Duquesne
General Braddock thought he could suprise the french in an attack. But the French and the Indians turned the tables and wounded almost all of his men. -
Recapture of Fort Duquesne
When the english built Fort Duquesne it captured by the French. On May 1st the English took control and renamed it Fort Pitt. -
Battle of Quebec
This battle was the English defeated the French. This attack took the French completely by suprise. -
French and Indian War
This was a series of wars between England and the French. It happened when England and the French both wanted very prosperous land. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
When word spread that the French were losing Poniac, a Native leader, took action against the English. But unfortunately Poniac did not succed because the British stopped them. -
Sugar Act
The British Paraliment placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. Parliament did this because they wanted more money; to pay the debts that were owned after French and Indian War. -
Currency Act
On Septmber 1st parliament the Currency Act. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. -
Stamp Act
Parliament an act that put a tax on paper goods. his was also to make more money For England. -
Quartering Act
This act told the colonists to shelter soliders and provide for them. This act was to address the needs for the soliders. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing stonesand sticks and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea Act
It is important to understand that the Tea Act actually placed no new tax on tea. But instaed of making the colonists happy it just made the colonists more angry. -
Coercive (Intolerable) Act
After the Boston Tea Party Parliament was so angry they passed the Intolerable Act. The government rushed a series of pieces of legislation through parliament: In Britain they were known as the Coercive Acts but the American colonists labelled them "the Intolerable Acts". -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. The colonies presented there were united in a determination to show a combined authority to Great Britain, but their aims were not uniform at all. -
Boston Tea Party
This was when the "Brothers of Liberty" dressed like Indians dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. This was the rebellion against the taxes.
