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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was started because of Governor Berkeley's refusal to take back the series of Native American attacks on frontier settlements. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion led by Virginia settlers who were then led by Nathaniel Bacon against the governor. Furthermore, Bacon's Rebellion led to the growth of slavery because they wanted to find a permanent labor source, than indentured servants. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious resurrection that deeply had an effect on the English colonies in America. The Great Awakening changed the religious climate inside of the American colonies. It was also said to have boosted church growth. Nonetheless, it did cause division between the people who supported it and the people who didn't support it. Many people were encouraged to make all types of connections with God. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Officials wanted a treaty between the colonies and the Iroquois. Lastly, the Albany Plan gave the Grand Council more authority, it also allowed the new government collect taxes for its own being. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War took place because of the conflict between England and France over the control of the Ohio River Valley. Both sides wanted the valley so they could expand their settlements. Furthermore, the war was a series of military engagements between Britain and France. The British victory helped and greatly impacted the British Empire, it meant great expansion of British territorial regarding the New World. But the war largened Britain's debt. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France. In the treaty, France gave up all it territories in mainland North America ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
He led an uprising at Fort Detroit known as Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763, but the tribes were not able to overcome the fort's strong fortifications in spite of a five-month siege. Pontiac's Rebellion did have important long-term effects, however. For one, it showed the ability of diverse tribes to come together and form an effective coalition to resist British forces. This put them in a stronger position for negotiations and made the British take them more seriously -
Proclamation Line of 1763
Proclamation of 1763, proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
British Colonial Acts
A set of acts that were made for to pay back the debt of the French and Indian War -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. Tensions ran high in Boston in early 1770. More than 2,000 British soldiers occupied the city of 16,000 colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down -
First Continental Congress
Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances. The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenues for a standing British army in America.