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Road to Revolution
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George washington's Military and Militia Services
George Washington's services with the British Army and Militia spanned over forty years. He was appointed Major in the Continental Army in February, 1753. From then on he became the highest known rank in US army history, General of the Army of the United States. Pretty long title, huh? He also got a great thrill from near death experiences, like when his horse fell through a bridge while he was riding it, but spread his legs to avoid the hole. -
The Start of the French and Indian War.
This is when the first blood of the French and Indain war was spilled. Unlike the title suggests, the French and Indian war was a war fought between the French and the British, with the Indians on the side of the French. -
The French and Indian War Ends
The French and Indian war ends, causing the French to lose their land west of the Mississippi, including Louisiana. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament, Said that every printed peice of paper, like ship documents, newspapers, even playing cards had to have a quite minimal tax. These taxes would go to the 10,000+ American soldiers protecting the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists didn't really care, but the Virginia House of Burgesses did, so they said that anyone who supported the tax would be an enemy to the colonies. That statement didn't get very far. -
Boston Massacre
March 5th was the dtae of one of the most key events that strike up the Revolutionary War. A beaten and scarred line of British soldiers has no chance but to defend themselves against an angry crowd of colonists. Three people were killed instantly, two other died from their wounds. Although this is more of a minor massacre, the local paper made it seme like quite an evil thing done by the british. -
Boston Massacre Trial
The trial for the soldiers responsible for the Boston Masssacre, with John Adams, future president, reprisenting the soldiers, came out with all but two of the soldiers not guilty for manslaughter, and the two that were guilty got brandings on their hands. This made John Adams a not so popular man, even though he would become president of the United States some day. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act helped to sell the 18 million extra pounds of tea that the British East India Tea Company had surplus, so The Tea Act lowered the cost of tea, and put local tea merchants out of business so that the colonies had almost no choice but to buy the tea from the British East India Tea Company, but Since they wanted to be their own country they didn't want to buy it, so that led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was also a key event in the making of America. It happened when British tax collectors did not want to send ships full of British tea from the British East India Tea Company back to Britain, so colonists got angry and threw all the tea into the Boston Harbor. Even though this was a thing that happened mainly with the colonists, some Native Americans joined in on the fun. From this point on it was known as the Boston Tea Party. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles were the first in the Revolutionary War. They were fought at Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. The reason for these battles was that 700 british soldiers had been given orders to search and destroy supplies held by the Massachusetts Militia. They first went to Lexington, and outnumbered militiamen there, but as they went on to Concord the British were outnumbered, causing them to fall back to the saftey of Charlsetown. The militia blockaded the entry to Boston. -
America Becomes a Country
On July 4th, we become a country! from this day on our thirteen colonies became a country on a day now called Indepedence Day, or The 4th of July. This is called independence day because, well, the Declaration of Independence was passed on July 4th 1776. -
US Constitution is written
On this day, A document is written that doesn't exactly make us our own country, but helps us out for the time that we are one. The Constitution says that all men are created equal, and that they should be treated equal, too. But sadly, after we become our own country, slavory had a spike. -
Our First President
On April 30th of 1789, our very first president George Washington took office, even If their was no White House until 1792.The second term of Washington's was in the white house. The person who served a first term in it was John Adams, who I talked about earlier in the trial of the Boston Massacre. -
Bill of Rights Adopted into Constitution
The Bill Of Rights was a peice of paper (or parchment) that had twelve amendments, such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms. These twelve amendmeants were written by James Maddison, who introduced these amendments to the writers of the Constitution. Even though there were twelve original amendments, only ten were put into the Constutution. -
The First Militia Act
This act allowed the president to call on a militia group if a state is "being invaded or attacked by a foreign nation or indian tribe." This act fortified the defences of the new nation -
The Second Militia Act
This act allowed "able bodied men" beetween the ages of 18 and 45 to join a nearby militia, and needed to arm themselves with a musket, bayonet, belt, two spare flints, a cartridge box holding 24 musket balls, and a knapsack. Men owning rifles would fit themselves almost the same way, but they would have to bring a powder horn, 1/4 pound gunpowder, 20 rifle balls, a shooting pouch, and a knpasack instead
