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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years War ended in 1763, making the war 9 years total. The War took place in many places such as Europe, Africa, India, North America, South America, and the Phillipne islands. The seven years war is also widely recognized as the French and Indian War. In this war, approximately 900,000-1,400,000 people were killed in the war, and just as many injured. Although this fight was not actually called one of the World Wars, It definitely desreves to be called the real world war I. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was in response to the Molasses Act of 1733. The Sugar act is also known as the American Revenue Act of 1764. This act was passed by the British Parliament. The Revenue Act was brought to the colonists in a time of despair, and econimical depression. The colonists were taxed indirectly, but every one of them knew about it. The British cut the cost of sugar in half, making the cost three pence The act was repealed in 1766, and replaced with a new act called the Revenue Act of 1766. -
The Qaurtering Act of 1765
This act was made as an alteration of the Mutiny Act. First, General Gage requested a law to make colonists pay for. The Quartering Act was given royal approval on March 24th.The act was intended to give the British soldiers a place to live. This act affected all colonies other than Pennsylvania. At first, none of the colonies that were supposed to follow the law did. After some time, they started to. One of the only reasons the colonists let the soldiers into their homes was by force. -
The Sons of Liberty
This group was originally formed by a group of nine shoekeepers. They called themselves "The Loyal Nine". Not long after, this group became hugely known, and many people were starting to join. Groups calling themselves Sons of Liberty existed in almost every colony. Samuel Adams was the most widely known as leader of the group. The so-called sons of liberty met up at places called Liberty Poles, or Liberty Trees. The Sons' motto soon became, "No taxation without representation!" As you can see, -
The Townshend Act
UNKNOWN DATE--- beginning of 1767
this Act was also passed by the British Parliament. The Townshend Act (Also known as the Townshend Revenue Act) allowed taxes on glass, lead, paper, oil, paint, and tea. The Britsh planned on raising £40,000 a year. The Townshend Act was named after a man named Charles Townshend. The colonies got very angered at this act, and evetually the Parliament repealed the act. -
The Boston Non-Importation Agreement
The Boston Non-Importation Agreement was in reaction to the Townshend Acts. The agreement was actually made by the colonists this time. Altogether, they decided that they wouldn't import or export any goods to Great Brittain. Although the colonists certainly didn't want to trade with the British, they needed some of the core supplies such as salt, coals, fish hooks, fishing lines, hemp, woolcards, card wire, and finally, duck bar lead and shot. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, (also known as the Incident on King Street by the British) was an incident in which British soldiers killed 5 men, and injured six others. The Britsh soldiers randomly fired into the crowd, without being told to fire. This is event is widely told as the foreshadowing of the American Revolution (which is six years later). Soon after the incident, there were many trials. john Adams actually defended the British soldiers, and succeeded in doing so. The picture shown is a famous -
The Proclomation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III. It closed lands
North and West of the Appalachian mountains to settlement. The French
and Indian war caused conflicts between the Indians and the colonists.
The Proclamation was made to reduce the conflicts and stop enroachment
on Indian lands. The colonists were angered by the Proclamation bcause
that land was supposed to be theirs. It was important because the
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The Boston Tea Party.
The Boston Tea Party was on the sixteenth of December, 1773. This rebeliion lead to many parts of the American Revolution. At the time, some men were disguised as Indians, but most people dumping tea were actually found not to be dressed unusually. They shouted, "No taxation without representation!" After Boston refused to return three shiploads of the Brit's taxed tea, they dumped aall of it into the Boston Harbor instead. In about three colonies, protestors successfully told the colonists not -
Boston Port Act
This act was an act imposed upon by the British Parliament. The Boston Port Act was a response to the Boston Tea Party. Even some of the best friends of America ruled the act was moderate, reasonable, or fair. Soon, the Whigs disagreed with the act, and fought not to let them pass it. The law was made in spite of the Whigs on March 31st, 1774. The agreement started to affect the citizens of Boston and the colonies on June 1st, 1774. Large royal navy ships blockaded the Boston Harbor. -
The Massachusetts Government Agreement
The Massachusetts Government Act was passed by the British Parliament, and was named one of the five "Intolerable Acts" After the Boston Tea Party, the Britts launched a set of acts to harm the Boston -
The Quebec Act of 1774
This Act was one of the five "Intolerable Acts". This acrt was named an intolerable act because it cancelled out many western claims of the coastline colonies. The act was actually made by the British Parliament so that they could cancel out some of the western colonies. They told the colonies that they may not settle on any land west of the Appalachian Mountains, and the British got everything else. The act also promoted the Roman Catholisism which the colonists didliked.One other thing the ac -
The First Continental Congress
The Congress met for brief periods of time, discussing small and large matters of the colonies. All of the original thirteen colonies sent represetnatives except for Georgia. The congress was formed because all of the colonists were very upset about all of the intolerable, or coercive acts. The congress consisted of 56 members, and the first president was Peyton Randolph, whom was elected upon on September 5th, 1774. The meeting place for the congress was Carpenter's Hall (As shown above). -
The Ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere the silversmith was instructed by Dr. Joseph Warren to ride by horseback to Lexington, Massachusetts, and warn Samuel Adams, and John Hancock that the British were coming. He knew that the troops would be rowing by sea because of an arrangement he had had with some local "Sons of Liberty". In the Christ Church, there were two lanterns hanging in the windowsill, indicating that they were rowing. Paul rode with two other people---Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott. They spread the word, bu -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle took place mostly on and around Bunker and Breed's Hills. One day, on June 13th, 1775, many of the American officers learned that the Britich were planning a raid on Breed's Hill. In response to this, the Americans sent out about 1200 troops under the command of a young man named William Prescott. The Continental Army actually won the battle, suppposably showing the British that they were not invincible, -
The Common Sense Pamphlet
The Common Sense Pamphlet was written in 1776 by Thomas Paine, a young man. In the booklet, Paine wrote that they needed freedom from British rule. Thomas was against the British, and connected freedom with common beliefs, dissenting beliefs, and protestant beliefs. Instead of signing his name, Paine wrote "Written By an Englishman." The book immediately became a huge success, and had sold to the litterate almost 100,000 copies. Within three months, Common Sense sold an estimate of 500,000 copie -
George Washington Becomes First President of the United States.
George Washington was elected by the electoral college in 1789, and then again in 1792. George served as president for a grad total of two terms (eight years total). Nowadays, Washington is commonly referred to as "The Father of our Country". Washington's Vice President was John Adams, who was soon to become the second president.
