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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts are put in place so the colonists have to trade their raw materials with England. The colonists liked this at first but then the colonies got bigger and they wanted to make their own goods so they start to smuggle items. -
Molasses Act
British law that taxed molasses, rum and sugar imported to the colonies. -
Fort Necessity
George Washington led a militia to drive out the French but they needed a fort so they quickly scrapped together Fort Necessity. George Washington and his militia lost this fight. -
French and Indian War
The French had George Washington sign a contract he couldn't understand saying that he killed the French general which would lead to the French and Indian war so the colonists tried to ask the Native Americans to be on their side but they said they would be neutral. So the colonists stuck into French forces doing all types of strategies to win. The British helped the colonists by winning the war in the water after outspending the French. -
Sugar Act
The British started lowing the prices of the molasses so it would be cheaper than the smugglers molasses trying to stop smuggling. -
Stamp Act
Britain added a tax on all paper including newspapers, playing cards, wills. -
Declaratory Acts March
A declaration binding all of the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A crowd of colonists started throwing items at the royal guards and one got hit with a club leading him to fall and fire his gun by accident which lead to them all firing their weapons on a crowd of colonists. -
General Gage takes over Boston
After the Boston tea party Gage took over Boston to seize all weapons from the colonists -
The Intolerable Acts
Laws passed to the colonies after the Boston Tea Party making them more restricted. -
Quartering Act
A law stating British soldiers have free rein to do whatever they want in colonists homes. -
Administration of Justice
A law trying to control the colonists in Massachusetts. -
Quebec Act
British governing the province of Quebec -
First Continental Congress
Patrick Henry suggested that they become one unstoppable force. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere warns the colonists that the British are coming so the colonists prepare for the battle of Lexington and Concord -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The colonists were badly outnumbered, and the Minutemen were about to break. An unknown shot was fired, and both sides engaged after, 8 Minutemen were dead. -
Fort Ticonderoga
The Green Mountain Boys were planning to attack Ticonderoga and after agreeing to work together, Fort Ticonderoga surrendered. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met and had some new members added and Ben Franklin made the first post office. The Second Continental Congress was a rebel group fighting against the British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The militia set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill. After seeing this and forming a plan, the British attacked the next day Redcoats assembled at the foot of Breed’s Hill and charged the hill. Colonel William Prescott gave the order, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”. The British troops were successfully repelled two times by this battle plan.
Americans were low on gunpowder to start the battle with, so they had to retreat once they ran out of powder. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition assured King George 3 that the colonists wanted peace and asked to protect their rights. The King rejected the petition, and prepared for war. -
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec
December 31, 1775, Colonel Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery attempt to capture the city of Quebec while it's dark and snowing. They fail and Montgomery is dead. -
Townshend Acts
British taxing the colonists glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Washington takes Boston
The night of March 17, 1776, Washington had his cannons into positions overlooking Boston, While the redcoats were all tucked in As the British awoke to find almost 60 cannons pointing at them, and realizing that the cannon could reach them, British General William Howe commanded his soldiers to board ships and withdraw to Nova Scotia. -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III
The Hessian Soldiers were German soldiers that were hired by King George III to fight against the colonists. King George hired around 30,000 Hessian Soldiers. -
The Declaration of Independance is signed
Delegates signed the Declaration of Independence, a declaration stating they want independence from England, John Handcock wrote his name so large, so that the king could read his name without glasses. We see these men as founding fathers, but England saw these 56 men as traitors to the crown. If they were caught, they would have been hung.