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French and Indian War
George Washington faught in the war to try to keep the British settlers safe in the colonies from the French. Other colonists also faught to try to keep their safety and so they could hopefully move West at a later time. -
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French & Indian War
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French & Indian War Ending
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Pontiac's Rebellion
The Indians weren't happy about the fact that the English settlers were taking over their territory. A rebellion led by an Ottowa chief, Pontiac, was led because of this. The colonists were not effected greatly until the Proclamation of 1763, which was meant to resolve the rebellion. -
Proclaimation of 1763
Because of the rebelling indians who wanted their land, Britain came up with the solution to make the settlers stay where they were, therefor they wouldn't be taking any more of the Indian's land. The colonists were furiated at this, because they had just faught a war to move into this land, and now it was being taken away. They now didn't know what they moved to the colonies for, or why they faught in the war. They moved into the new land anyway. -
Currency Act
British parliment thought that the currency that the colonists were using was harmful to trade, so they said that they couldn't use paper bills or bills of credit. This made the colonists mad, and furthered the distance between Britain and the colonies, metaphorically speaking. It somewhat brought the colonies together that were before very separated. -
Sugar Act
This was the first tax that Britain put on an item for the colonies to buy. The colonists were very unhappy with this, and started protesting until the tax was lowered, and the colonists' fury died down somewhat. -
Quartering Act
This act forced the colonists to let British soldiers stay the night and be fed in their house if need be. This furthered the disgust of the colonists towards Britain. The colonists protested, but there wasn't much they could do about it. -
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
The colonists were trying to fight back with Britain and the parliment. They were standing up for themselves, and forming groups, the Sons and Daughers of Liberty. The colonists were doing something to stand up for themselves, so they felt pretty good about it. -
Stamp Act
Parliment decided that they were going to make people put stamps or the british seal on everything that you sent, such as newspapers, letters, and so on. The colonies didn't like this, because they now had to pay for the things that they used to do for free. Britain placed this tax so that the colonists would be raising revenue for defense. The colonists were angered by this tax, and brought the colonies together to some degree. -
Repeal of Stamp Act & Declatory Act
The Stamp act was repealed, and the colonists were very happy. Parliment took it away not because of the fighting in the colonies, but because British merchants were being hurt by not having the colonies buy any items. They wanted to make sure that the colonies still understood that they were in charge. They passed the Declatory Act, which didn't tax the colonies, didn't take anything from them. It just informed them that Parliment had power over the colonies. The colonists didn't pay much mind. -
Townshend Acts
This tax was a tax on items such as glass, paper, and tea. The colonists disagreed with this tax, because of the higher cost of the goods, but they were not as angry as previous acts had made them. They began to boycott the items that were taxed in the Townshend Act. -
Boston Massacre
More and more redcoats were coming Colonists were trying to get Redcoats to fire, throwing snowballs, rocks, etc. Several colonists were shot and killed at this time. The colonists and Britain moved farther apart. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were furious at the Tea Act, so they dressed up as indians, and dumped the imported tea into the Boston Harbor. It felt liberating to the colonists, but some might have been somewhat scared of what Britain was going to do. -
The Intolerable Acts
Parliment thought that the colonists should pay for the tea that was dumped in the harbor. In response, Parliment placed the Intolerable Act. It said that the Boston Harbor was closed until they paid the money, they couldn't have town meetings, etc. The Intolerable Acts inclded the Quartering act. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops went to Lexington and Concord to take the weapons that they had for the military. Paul Revere warned people that they were coming. The "minute-men" gathered at Lexington and Concord to stop the British from taking the items. Many deaths occured, the British having to retreat with 70+ men left behind. The first shot was known as the "shot heard round the world". It's called this because this will be the first country of many to try to gain rights.
