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French Indian war
The French and indian war started January 1756 and ended 1763 the british wanted more land. French wanted more and wanted to keep there land so they began to fight. many first fights were won by the French using indian traits but soon the British won but both sides had massive war debts. -
Pontiacs war
In 1763 Pontiac the chief of the owatta tribe rebelled and attacked colonist with many other tribes because they lied and stole more land and British were trespassing on native land he took out many colonist and homes in 1765 the war was over the British surrendered .in 1767 he was killed when he was trading with trappers many think it was the British who assinated him. -
Proclamation of 1763
that there In 1763 the proclamation of 1763 said that colonists could not steal or trespass on native land this was would be no conflicts with the native’s ,but that didn’t affect the colonists they did it any ways and would soon start conflict with Indians -
The Sugar Act
the sugar act law was passed 1764 sugar act was to prevent sugar smugglers from give sugar and reduce the tax many colonists had riots or protest’s -
Stamp act
the stamp act of 1765 was a tax that came with anything paper they made the law to cover their massive war debts many colonists were angry, many revolted against and didn’t buy paper and the profits went down. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act of 1765 was for British soldiers the colonists would have to give them empty public buildings food water if the troops were in their town most colonists agreed to the act and had no problems then in 1767 network decided that the money would be limited -
Stamp Act Congress
October 7, 1765 the stamp act was held because colonists took a more violent approach, James and john Dickson of Massachusetts and PA with nine colonies represented by 27 people at the assembly they made the declaration of rights and grievances, so they only tax them if the colony agree on it -
Stamp Act Congress
October 7, 1765 the stamp act was held because colonists took a more violent approach, James and john Dickson of Massachusetts and PA with nine colonies represented by 27 people at the assembly they made the declaration of rights and grievances, so they only tax them if the colony agree on it -
The Townshend Act
Charles Townshend, known as “Champagne Charlie was the chancellor in the period behind the loss of the Stamp Act. He tackled the pressing problem of the taxes. Riots in England convinced him that tax relief was needed, but he hoped to reduce the massive war debt by losing taxes in the colonies. This made sense to Townshend and others because the French and Indian War had been fought on the colonies and had contributed mightily to the debt. The put a tax on more things like paint tea paper . -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a fight on March 5, 1770, between a mob throwing snowballs stones and sticks and a several British soldiers. Several people were killed were killed. The British in the city of Boston was unwelcome The riot began when about 50 people attacked a British solider A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in more soldiers, and these were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob killing 3.the British were under attack and in trouble so firing was nessacery. -
The Intolerable Act
The government spent a lot of money on troops in an attempt to attack Massachusetts. British merchants had lost a lot of money on looted spoiled and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. The money generated by the Townshend duties On March 5, 1770, Parliament repealed the duties, except for the one on tea. That same day, the Boston massacre set a course that would lead the Royal Governor to evacuate the occupying army from Boston, and would soon bring the revolution to armed rebellion through -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act passed May 10 1773.It was made to help the East India Company which was poor and left with eighteen million pounds of tea. This tea was to be shipped to the colonies, and sold at a small price. The Townshend was still in, and the leaders in America found reason to believe that this act was a way to get support for the taxes already in work. The sale of tea, British smugglers, would also have stolen the business of merchants -
The Boston Tea Party
Disguised men and others went on board the tea ships at Griffin's Wharf, and in the three hours they emptied three hundred and forty-two chests of tea into the water of the harbor. The operation was performed in the presence of people who were silent. The sixty men who went on board the tea ships only a part of them were disguised as Indians it was done because of how they felt about the tea tax -
The second conential congress
The Continental Congress was the formal means by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. The Congress balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison with Great Britain. As the war progressed, the Congress became the effective national government of the country, and, as such, conducted diplomacy on behalf of the new United States -
the first contential congress part 2
who were prepared for separation. Virginia's delegation was made up of a most even mix of these, presented the most eminent group of men in America. Colo. George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendleton, Colo. Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, Peyton Randolph -
The First Continetianal Congress
The first Continental Congress met in October 26, 1774. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the correspondence of the colonies. The colonies presented there were united in to show an authority to Britain Pennsylvania and New York with instructions to seek a resolution with England. The other colonies voices were of colonial rights, but pretty evenly divided between legislative parity, and the more members who -
Lexington and Concord
During the hours of April 19, 1775, regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were Lexington, where they would capture Sam Adams and John Hancock, then Concord, where they would seize gunpowder. Sure enough, when the advance guard of nearly 240 British soldiers arrived in Lexington, they found about 70 minutemen on the Lexington Green awaiting them .They were called minutemen because they could be ready to fight in a minute's -
Treaty of Paris
In 1781 marked the end of the main revolutionary war, but there was more little battles. February 1783 George third issued the treaty of Paris ending the war of independence French lost land but the many areas were still British.