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Britain enters Ohio River Valley
Colonel Washington, and later General Braddock launched failed attacks on the Ohio River Valley. These attacks start the French and Indian War. Even though Washington's attack failed, his bravery and smarts are not overlooked. -
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French and Indian War
Great Britain wages war with the Kingdom of France over fur trading in the Ohio River Valley. Old Native rivalries resurface as natives take sides. In the end, Great Britain wins and gains control over all French possessions in North America except the French sugar islands. The war sparks unity in America, and taxes levied because of the war spark anger in all 13 colonies against Britain. -
Fall of Quebec
General Wolfe attacks Quebec and wins. With the city's fall, New France's doom is imminent. While war drags on for 4 more years, it is clear that after this, France does not stand a chance -
Coronation of King George III
George III is coronated in London, England, marking the beginning tyrannical rule in America -
Spanish join French and Indian War
The Spanish join the French against the British in the French and Indian war. This solidifies a French and Spanish axis that is essential to Patriots during the revolution. -
Pontiac's War
As the French and Indian war draws to a close, British settlers settle in French lands. In response, Natives, led by Pontiac, a French aligned chief, raid settlements in new lands. Pontiac is defeated after he surrenders due to the Treaty of Paris, but the war paves the way for the Proclamation of 1763 -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty signed by Britain, France, and Spain dictates the handing over of French lands east of the Mississippi River to Britain, Quebec to Britain, Lands wast of the Mississippi River (Louisiana) to Spain, and the Port of New Orleans to Spain. France was allowed to keep her sugar islands -
Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 drew a arbitrary line in British North America and prohibited settlement beyond. The act anger colonists who were hoping to settle new lands. Tensions rise with Britain because Americans want to settle new lands. Issued by King George III -
Sugar Act
The British tax sugar, and more importantly molasses. This angers colonists as New Englanders were producing large amounts of rum for the triangle trade, and rum is made from -
Stamp acts
Taxes are levied on paper goods to repay French and Indian War debts. Americans feel that they had no say in what they have to pay. These acts make Americans think about whether a government 3000 miles should make their taxes -
Townshend Acts
New slew of taxes taxing glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea to pay for French and Indian War, and pay for soldiers guarding Proclamation Line of 1763. Americans feel that they had no say, in what they have to pay. These acts make Americans think about whether a government 3000 miles should make their taxes. Repealed in 1770 (except for tea). On a side note, the act also prohibited the New York assembly from meeting until they complied with a Quartering act from a previous acts -
Boston Massacre
British Soldiers opened fire on colonists in Boston, killing 5, after American protestors threw dangerous objects. This helped create the American revolution by making colonists more angry and uniting the colonies in hate. -
Tea Act
Act states that East India Company can sell directly to consumers of tea and not have to go through merchants. Although colonists would have to pay tea tax, they would not have to pay the marked-up price of the merchants.GBR thought that this would encourage the colonist to buy more British tea with the lower prices. However, Colonists felt like tax was a deliberate attempt to sabotage all American merchants and a British trick to make them accept more taxes. Anger erupts in port cities. -
Boston Tea Party
When three ships reached Boston Harbor in November 1773, Governor Hutchinson of Mass. demanded that they be unloaded like usual on Dec 16. In response, the Sons of Liberty try to persuade the governor to stop. When the Governor refused the demand of the Sons of Liberty to stop, the Sons of Liberty dumped the 3 ships’ contents (342 chests of tea) into Boston Harbor. This act offers a visual representation of the animosity between Britain and America, and started the final phase of colonial USA -
Boston Port Bill
The Boston Port Bill dictated that Boston port would be shut down (meaning that no boat would be allowed to enter or exit) until colonists repaid the amount of tea lost in the Boston Tea Party.
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Massachusetts Government Act
Act that dictated Massachusetts towns cannot hold town meetings more than once a year without the King’s approval, and implemented military rule under a British general named Thomas Gage. This violated the sense of democracy that was now a part of everyday life in the New England colonies. These acts also turned Massachusetts into a Crown colony, suspending a part of state charter governing the government structure in Massachusetts. Part of Intolerable acts. -
Administration of Justice Act
Act dictated that Customs and State officials accused of crimes who would normally be tried in Massachusetts would be presented the option of being tried in GBR or Canada. Colonists felt that this could have guilty officials being tried by biased judges and/or juries. Part of Intolerable acts -
Quartering Act
The law strengthened the previous Quartering act. Troops would no longer need to camp in the commons as they could live in people’s houses as long as they could prove that there was no other housing
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Intolerable acts
A set of 4 acts called the Boston Port Bill, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. These acts were aimed at Massachusetts to punish it after the Boston Tea Party. Called Intolerable acts because they were considered Intolerable. Angered Massachusetts colonists, but also all colonists as well. -
Quebec Acts
Act Set up government for Catholics in Quebec and extended borders of Quebec Province down to the land between the Ohio and Missouri river. Quebecois were happy, but the colonies were not as some had claimed the land that had been added to Quebec. This act further stroked tensions with Britain -
1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia with delegates coming from all colonies except Georgia. The congress passed a resolution to aid Massachusetts, boycott all British goods, stop exporting to Britain, and set up and train colony militias in each and every colony until intolerable acts were repealed. The delegates agreed to meet back again in Philadelphia in May 1775. -
Midnight Ride
700 British soldiers slip out of Boston on April 18 to destroy supposed stockpiles of weapons in Concord. Therefore, Paul Revere and other colonists did midnight rides through the countryside as they raised the alarm. This alerts Minutemen and leads up to the Battles at Lexington and Concord -
Battle of Lexington
British smash through minutemen in Lexington on their way to Concord, killing 8. This is the first battle of the American Revolution -
Battle of Concord
The British march in to Concord, unopposed, and find that there are no stockpiles there. As they exit on a bridge, they are attacked by colonists, and 73 soldiers die. This is the first American victory in the American Revolution
