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Navigation Acts
The British had a place that the Colonies could sell their raw materials but they got taxed -
Molasses act
A British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the North American colonies from non-British countries -
Fort Ness.
The fort that George that he put up with the Militia a group made of ordinary people in the colonies -
French and Indian War
Its when the French and Indians were friends and attacked the colonies and we got Florida from Spain -
Sugar Act
Its when The idea was that a lower tax: Would lower the price, and encourage more people to buy and for to stop smuggling goods into the colonies -
Townshend Act
A tax on important goods like glass, lead, paper, tea, paint -
Stamp Act
When cards, news paper, and other papers had to get taxed so they could sell it to people -
Declaratory Act
Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies -
Boston Massacre
When a fight broke out and a guy hit a red coat then that made his gun go off then the other troops started to shoot -
First Continental Congress
This is when Sam Adams asked a judge and they all didn't, but George Washington said to built your own army. -
Quartering Act
Act-permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first to house British troops -
Administration of Justice
British officials charged with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or England -
Quebec Act
Massachusetts government act removed act-removed local government and replaced it with a crown appointed military governor -
Intolerable (Called by the Colonist) or Coercive (called by the British)
When news of the Boston Tea party reached London King George lll stated, We must either master them or totally leave them by themselves -
General Gage takes over Boston
He ordered Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith to take 700 troops to concord and destroy artillery and ammunition -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Militia grew to around 2,000 men. When the British saw the Bunker's they planned to attack the next day. Colonel William Prescott gave the order, "Don't fire until you see the white's in their eyes." The Colonist were low on gunpowder so they retreated when they ran out. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was on his horse and rode through Boston yelling, "The British are coming." And they had another guy do it with him just in case one of them got captured, Paul got captured but he got away. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Due to Revere and Dawes warning, 70 Minutemen were waiting for the 700 English Redcoats. They were outnumbered. -
Fort Ticonderoga
It held Patriot troops and a lot of artillery like cannons, guns, gunpowder and other things. But Patriot troops were sent to Montreal because British troops were in Canada planning to attack New York. -
Second Continental Congress
John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Handcock, and Thomas Jefferson. A few important people that were there. George Washington was in charge of the Continental Army. -
Olive Branch Petition
Assured with King George lll that the colonist wanted peace, and asked to protect their rights.The king rejected the petition, and prepared for War -
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec
For honor Benedict Arnold tried to attack Quebec but failed because bad weather and was short on food. -
Washington takes Boston
Washington arrived in Boston shortly after the Battle of Bunker Hill. Washington realized that the men were disorganized and lacked Discipline. -He Tasked General Henry Knox with moving 60 cannons 300 miles. -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George lll
King George was about to fight in the American Revolution against the Colonist but King George hired 3,000 German mercenaries to make the Colonist scared. -
DOI is signed
DOI or the best break up letter ever was signed for independence against the British, One of the people John Handcock wrote his name is big that King George the lll could read it without his glasses