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Navigation Acts
The colonies set up a place to sell their raw materials for stuff they got. But they were forced to give their raw materials to the British. Even if they got a better price elsewhere. -
Molasses Act
A British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into North America colonies from non-British countries. -
Fort Necessity
The fort that George Washington who is the leader of the militia set up a fort made up of ordinary people. -
French and Indian War
When the French and the Indians were partners and they teamed up against the colonies and we got present day Florida from Spain -
Sugar Act
The idea that they would lower the tax and the price which encouraged people to stop smuggling goods into the colonies -
Stamp Act
It is when they taxed the paper, playing cards, and the newspapers and then they sold it -
Declaratory Acts
This is when the Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies "in all cases" They could tax anything without the British Colonies having a saying -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts was the act on the imported goods. The imported goods was the stuff that was shipped into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
When a fight occurred between Bostonian and the British Soldiers and he called for backup. The red coat got hit in the head by club and his gun went off and the redcoats fired when the chief said not to. -
General Gage takes over Boston
General Gage had orders from the Parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia. To take 700 British soldiers to Concord where there arms and ammo was. -
Intolerable Act
Intolerable Acts: Intolerable means painful and unbearable and the British made rules of what they had to do in response of the Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
55 delegates met to create a political body named The Continental Congress. They were the representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies. -
Paul Revere's Ride
It is when Dr. Warren alerted Paul Revers and William Dawes, were notified that the British were marching out of the city. They were members of the Sons of Liberty and they warned the other Colonist at Lexington and Samuel Prescott carried the message to Concord -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Due to Revere and Dawes warning, 70 minutemen were waiting for the 700 English Redcoats the morning of April 9th, 1775. They were badly outnumbered and the minutemen were about to break when a unknown shot went off which started the war. When the minutemen got pushed back to the North Bridge they engaged in a guerrilla warfare and pushed the British back to Boston -
Fort Ticonderoga
When Benedict Arnold raised a 400 man militia to seize Fort Ticonderoga in NY, near Lake Champlain. Also Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, was also planning to attack Ticonderoga and they agreed to work together. Fort Ticonderoga was a key location but it also had a stockpile of military supplies. -
Second Continental Congress
When the people from the Continental Congress met up again and talked about the British troubles.They wrote a petition to send to Britain for the King to read and when the King got it he rejected the petition. The petition was the Olive Branch Petition and it was sent as a request to have their own independence from the crown. -
Quartering Act
Permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops. British troops could live in your house and they controlled it like you make them breakfast and like they pick and demand everything -
Administration of Justice
The administration of Justice is then the British officials charge with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or England. It was used as force by the government on the colonists -
Quebec Act
A Government for Canada was Created, and it extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River. The got more land then what they used to have. And the Colonist were trapped. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June.16.1775 the Militia set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, across from the harbor for Boston. After seeing this and forming a plan the British attacked them the next day.The Militia was low on ammo so Coloner William Prescott gave to order "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes". The Militia held the, off but the had to retreat due to no ammo and gunpowder -
Olive Branch Petition
The petition was made by the second Continental Congress. It was sent to King George III as a formal request to have there own independence . Also to protect their right their right. King George rejected the petition and hired 30,000 German mercenaries called Hessian to fight alongside British troops. -
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec
It failed because the Patriots faced winter, heavy snows, and were low on supplies so when they went to go fight they got beat because they were in harsh weather and low on supplies. When they lost this Benedict Arnold got blamed super bad because he lost this and everything was his fault because he lost -
Washington Takes Boston
Washington thought his troops were ready to fight and his cannons made it from Northern New York. The night of March 16th 1776 Washington had his cannons in place overlooking Boston awhile all the Redcoats were sleeping. Once the British awoke 60 cannons were pointing at them so instead of fighting they retreated to Nova Scotia -
DOI is signed
Thomas Jefferson's document was reviewed, and a few changes were mad but on July 4th 1776. There were 56 delegates signed the DOI and John Hancock mad his name so large the king didn't need his glasses to read it. These men that signed it are seen to us as the founding fathers but to the Crown they seem like traitor and will be hung if caught. -
Hessian Soldiers are Hired by King George III
They were the 30,000 German Mercenaries that were hired by the King to fight the Militia and alongside the British troops. They like to fight hand - to - hand or from afar they had the advantages. They had the better rifles and the melee weapons for up close