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The Navigation Act is were the law guaranteed them a place were the would sell all their raw materials to England. -
British law passed that taxes molasses. Sugar imported into the North American colonies from non- British countries -
George Washington set up the Fort Necessity and it was an outpost for the battle -
Would lower the price, and encourage more people to buy
Encourage Colonists to stop smuggling
It also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers goods without going to court -
Internal Act is an act that added a small tax on all printed materials like Newspaper, Wills, Playing Cards, and Documents, etc -
Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies in all cases -
The Townshend act was an External tax (tax on imported goods) Glass, Lead, Paper, Tea, and Paint -
The Massacre was the red coats and colonists fighting because the colonists were throwing rocks and ice at the red coats. One of the red coats fell and his gun shot so then all the other red coats started firing. -
colonial legislatures empowered delegates to attend a Continental Congress which would set terms for a boycott -
he took over the governor position of Massachusetts, replacing the unpopular Thomas Hutchinson -
It was a series of laws passed by the British Parliment. -
British officials charged with capital offenses had to be tried in another colony of England -
Was procedures for governance -
A government for Canada was created and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River -
Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord, spreading the news - “The British are coming!!”
A British Patrol would later capture Revere, and Dawes would turn back. The message is carried to Concord by Samual Prescott -
It was at the North Bridge that Colonist engage in Guerrilla Warfare, chasing the British all the way back to Boston
By the time the redcoats reached Boston, 174 wounded and 73 dead
18 Colonist wounded -
built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in northern New York -
established a Continental army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief -
After seeing this and forming a plan, the British attacked the next day
Redcoats assembled at the foot of Breed’s Hill, with fixed bayonets, and charged the hill
The Militia was low on ammunition, and so Colonel Wiliiiam Presscott gave the order, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” -
to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared -
During the siege, disease and the harsh winter weakened Arnold's forces. Despite their best efforts, the ineffectiveness of the siege coupled with the arrival of British reinforcements forced the Patriots to retreat from the city -
American General George Washington had the artillery he needed to force the British out of Boston -
Jefferson was outraged that the king would hire Hessian mercenaries to suppress British subjects. -
at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in Philadelphia 2 future presidents signed it