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French and Indian war
Who: Britian and France
What: A war between the British and the French
Where: Ohio River valley
When: 1754-1763
Why: France was expanding into the Ohio River Valley which was British territory. -
“No Taxation Without Representation”
Who: James Otis
What: a saying that showed the colonist feeling towards be taxed by the British
Where: Boston
When:1765
Why: to let the British know that they would not pay the taxes anymore -
Sons of Liberty
Who: Samuel Adams (founder)
What: an organization that was formed to protect the colonist rights to fight taxation by the British
Where: thirteen colonies
When:1765
Why: to protect the colonist rights -
Boston Tea Party
Who: sons of liberty (dressed up as Mohawk indians)
What: Threw 342 chests of British Tea into the Boston Harbor
Where:Boston Harbor
When: December 16, 1773
Why: they didn't want to pay taxes on the tea -
Intolerable Acts
Who: British government
What: British government created harsh laws in result of protest like the Boston tea party
Where: British Parliament
When:1774
Why: they wanted to American colonist to pay for their protest -
Boston Blockade
Who: The British
What: The British parliament passed a bill to close to Boston port, and forced Boston’s residents to pay 1 million dollars because of all the tea that had been lost in the Boston tea party
Where: Boston
When: March 20, 1774
Why: The British wanted the citizens of Boston to pay for all of the tea that they had lost -
First Continental Congress
Who: delegates from 12 of the thirteen colonies
What: a meeting between delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that discussed an organized resistance
Where:philadelphia
When: September 5 to October 26, 1774
Why: to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive acts -
Founding of the Colonies
Who: American colonist
What: people came over from other parts of the world and made settlements which their was then more settlements which formed into colonies
Where: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
When: 1607-1775
Why: millions of people gathered along the east coast in their settlements and people wanted to develop the trade route -
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
Who: Thomas Paine
What: a book that challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy
Where: America
When:1775
Why: He wanted to get a point out to the British government -
Paul Revere’s “Ride”
Who: Paul Revere
What: When paul revere had to warn the american patriots, Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were coming to arrest them
Where: lexington, mass
When: April 18, 1775
Why: Paul Revere wanted to warn everyone that the British were coming to arrest them, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock -
Lexington and Concord
Who: colonist from Lexington and Concord
What: first military engagements of the revolutionary war
Where: Lexington and concord
When: April 19, 1775
Why: British troops were sent to take all the colonist weapons but instead the colonist fought back and defeated the British
