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George Washingtons defeat
George Washington marched to Fort Duquesne with orders from the govenor of Virginia only to be defeated by the French and have to return home, back to Virginia -
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French and Indian War
The timespan for the French and Indian War was about 9 years and seven months. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the 13 colonies. Benjaman Franklin was the proposer of this plan, but it was rejected. -
treaty of Paris
Also known as the Treaty of 1763, the Treaty of Paris was signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France, and Spain declaring Britains victory over both Spain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British passed the Proclamation of 1763 to prevent western settlement past the Appalaichain Mountains. The colonists were not happy about this. The reason that Britain passed this was because they felt it would help nurture relations with the Native Americans. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was established to increase revenue to help pay debts from the French and Indian War. It lowered taxes on sugar and molasses in hopes to stop smuggling. -
Quartering Acts
The Quartering Act forced colonists to provide housing to British troops.Whether or not people had rooms they were forced to provide housing -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed the same day as the Stamp Act was repealed. The purpose of the Declaratory Act was to tell the colonists that Great Britain still retained all power over them.The colonists were outraged by this. -
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams helped to start an orginization that was formed during the Stamp Act called "The Sons of Liberty" This orginization took to the streets to publicly protest the Stamp Act and Parliment. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act placed a tax on almost all paper goods. All printed goods had to have a stamp that were applied by a British Official. The colonists were extremely aggrvated by this and they started to protest, formed the Sons of Liberty, etc. to try and fight the act. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was formed by 9 state delegates who were opposed to the Stamp Act forced onto them by the British.They also organized large scale boycotts of British goods. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts tried to avoid what happened with the Stamp Act.Parliment understood that the colonists would not tolorate any internal taxes.In response to the Townshend Acts, the colonists formed yet another orginization, The Daughters of Liberty. -
Daughters of Liberty
Like their name, the Daughters of Liberty were alike to the Sons of Liberty in a few ways.One of those was the opposition against British Parliment.One of the ways the Daughters fought against Britain was by having colonists waer home-made clothing instead of the clothing imported from Britain -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was considered a public display of brutality by Britain against the colonists.This was a major event within the colonial period and is considered to be the first violent event that started it all. -
Committee of Correspondence
Sam Adams revived the Committee of Correspondence.This committee wrote to Britains King a letter of greivences from the colonists as a whole. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an act that allowed for the East India company to get away without paying the majority of their taxes.This enraged the colonists and eventually led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an event that the Sons of Liberty were behind.It was meant to be a protest against the Tea Act.Bosonians dumped 342 chests full of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts otherwise known as the "Ibtolerable Acts" were a set of laws established by Parlmiment to punish the bostonians and the colonies for the crimes they committed against Britain. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act further angered the colonists after having the Intolerable Acts passed just beforehand.The Quebec Act gave Quebec a permenant government and allowed religious freedom to the French Catholics of the region.This act also ignored the proclamation of 1763. -
First Continental Congress
The First continental Congress was made of 55 delegates from all the colonies excluding Georgia.These men realized that Britains had views that were not in line with the colonists views.They made this Continental Congress in order to combat Britains control over them and to have a political body for the colonies. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
At the battle of Lexington and Concord a shot was fired.However it isn't known which side fired first but in the end it became a blood bath.This first shot also known as the Shot Heard Around the World, started the war between America and Great Britain. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress included some of the greatest political leaders in America.The Second Continental Congress started to govern the colonies by first authorizing the printing of money, building a post office with Ben Franklin in charge, and establishing committees to help communicate with the Native Americans. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place at Breeds Hill.Though it was a British victory in the end, the Americans made a great stand against the British seeing as to how they were short on supplies.The phrase "Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes" also originated here. -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The signing of the Declaration of Independence marked the birth of the great nation known as America.Having signed this, the Second Continental Congress officially broke away from Great Britain and bacame its own independent body.The Declaration itself had four sections; The Preamble, a list of the rights colonists felt entitled to, a list of greivences to Britain, and finally the proclamation of a new country.
