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Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was Benjamin Franklin's plan at a unified goverment for all the English colonies in America at the Albany Congress in Albany, New York. The plan did not pass because all the colonies did not want to give up their power. -
Washingtons defeat at Fort Necessity
This battle happened at Fort Necessity in what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania and was Washington's only surrender as a leader in the French and Indian war. Washington surrendered on July 4,1754. This was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War. -
Washington's Defeat at Ft. Duquense
The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a British assault on the French fort present day Pittsburgh during the French and Indian War. It was part of a large scale British plan to clear the way into Canada. General Washington was the commander. He would be defeated and forced to retreat by the French forces. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris also known as the Treaty of 1763 was the treaty that offically ended the Seven Year's War or as it was called in North America the French and Indian War and it also gave the new land territories of the victor (Great Britain) and the losers (France and Spain). -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was passed shortly after the end of The French and Indian war. It was an order from the king to limit the expansion of the frontier. This was passed to to keep Britain and the Native Americans on good terms. This act angered the colonists and they responded with a petition to King George it also caused some unrest but it was nothing major. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was an act put into effect by Great Britian in order to end smuggling among the colonists which lead to the Writs of Assistance, and to help the British goverment regan its losses due to the French and Indian War. The act itself cut the tax on molasses by half but enlisted stronger support for the tax. The colonists reacted to this with more protests and the increase of the phrase taxation without representation. Many of the colonists also began to boycott the British goods. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British goverment and was a tax on all printed goods, from magizines to playing cards, and newspapers. It was passed to help pay for the British soliders stationed in North America. This act angered the colonists most of all so far. It caused colonists to form The Stamp Act Congress, and The Sons of Liberty. This also began the indimidation of tax collectors into resigning. -
Quatering Act
The Quartering Acts were the acts that stated that stated that the American colonists had to house, feed, and care for the British soliders. This act was passed in response to the issues in the French and Indian war in which the soliders weren't able to get to defend the colonists in time. The colonists responded to this with some unrest and anger. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of radical American patriots pushing for separation from Great Britian. They were most noted for the Boston Tea Party which lead to The Intolerable Acts. They were founded by Samual Adams and really spread and took off at the time the Stamp Act was passed. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act congress was formed in response to the Stamp Act. They meet in New York City with delagates from nine of the American Colonies including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and South Carolina. Georgia and Virginia were forbidden from coming. They meet in order to get to the Stamp Act repealed this was successful as it was repealed in March of 1766. -
The Daughters of Liberty
The Daughters of Liberty were an American colonial group that was formed in response to the acts Britian was placing on America. The were a group of women who wanted to rebel by making homemade clothes instead of buying them from Britian, they also searched and made substitutes for things that were taxed under British goods that were taxed such as sugar and tea. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed as a final repeal to The Stamp Act, but it also gave Britain the right to tax the colonies. Britian passed this in response to the many protests and The Stamp Act Congress. Overall this act did not anger the colonists at first, but there was a lot of nervousness because they believed more acts would follow. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were passed by the British goverment for failure of the colonists to go along with the Quartering Act and to show the colonists that they had the right to tax them whenever they wanted. The act placed a tax on everyday things like tea, lead, and paint. This act angered the colonists in many ways causing boycotts, the formation of The Daughters of Liberty, and unrest which ultimately lead to the occupation of Boston. -
Committee of Correspondence
The Committee of Correspondence was the American colonists ways of communicating before the Revolutionary War. They were organized when the colonists saw that their relationship with Great Britian was breaking down and they believed that keeping the events in the colonies connected. The earliest form of the Committee was in Boston in 1764, but it wasn't until 1773 that the House of Burgesses recomendded each colony have delagates to the Committee. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act would lauch the final spark to the Revolutionary movement in Boston which was the Boston Tea Party this act in fact did not have add any taxes to the British colonies, but in fact lowered the taxes on a British compant called the East India Company and since this lowered the tax on that company pretty much made them the monoply on tea this angered the colonists because they still had to pay those taxes. Britian made this act to undercut the American merchants and raise their revenue. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was where the Sons of Liberty organized a raid on 3 ships that were stationed in Boston harbor. Dressed as Indians they snuck aboard the ships which were all loaded with tea from the East India Company and somewhere between 30 and 130 men threw 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor in defiance of the Tea Act. This demonstration lead to the Coercive Acts or as they were known to the colonists The Intolerable Acts. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts or as the colonists knew them the Intolerable Acts were the final starw for many espically those in Boston. The Corecive Acts were meant to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party by taking away their self-governing rights and closing the Boston Harbor. These acts sparked outrage in all 13 of the colonies which is the exact opposite of what they were intended to do, which was to make an example and calm the anger. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies Georgia was not able to participate that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Carpenter's Hall. At this meeting they discussed an boycott of all British goods, grievances to the King, petitioned to the King, and ultimately if that petition failed then they set up where and when the second continental congress would take place. -
The Quebec Act
The Queec Act was an act that did away with the temporary goverment put there in the Porclimation of 1763 and establishing a permanent goverment there while also extending the territory to take over much of what is now southern Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota. It also protected the practice of the Catholic faith, it also gave them the rights to impose tithes. This angered the colonists by taking away much of the land won in The Seven Years' War. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War in which the British Redcoats marched onto Lexington, Massachusetts. Their march is what caused the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. The army then arrived at Lexington where the famous shot heard round the world (The first shot of the Revolutionary War) was fired. The British forces defeated the militia at Lexington and they were forced to retreat to Concord where they were succesful in repelling the British forces. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress came together on May 10, 1775 and elected John Hancock as its president. At this continetnal congress Georgia was represented unlike the first meaning all 13 colonies were represented. At this Continental Congress they offically made the Continental Army with George Washington as its leader, issusing money, making the Olive Branch Petition (a final call for peace) and establishing the need for The Declaration of Independence and its writer Thomas Jefferson. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was not fought at Bunker Hill, but instead at nearby Breed's Hill. Bunker Hill was both forces main goal in the battle. The American colonists under the forces of General Prescott were about 1,200 men strong heard that the British soliders were coming to the hills outside of Boston.They moved to Breed's but the colonists were short on supplies and Prescott gave the order don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes. The colonists lost but proved willing to fight. -
Signing of the Declaration the Independence
The signing of the Declaration of Independence was one of the, if not the most significant event in American history because it was when America truly delcared itself an independent nation. The Declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson with some help from John Adams and others it was made up of 5 parts: The Preamble, The complaints to King George, Their rights, and finally listing America as an independent nation. It was signed by 56 delagates from all 13 colonies.
