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The Enlightenment
This was the age of New thinking, Philosphers and Artisans would give new thoughts and opnions the old ideas. In England it gave way to the thought that they need Seperation of Powers, we possess Natural Rights, and all men are created equal. -
French and Indian War
A massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War. The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America. The English did ultimately come to dominate the colonial territory. -
Proclamation line of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, since a lot of jobs and obstacals opened up a lot of new opportunities for the colonists. The royal proclamation of 1763 did much to dampen that celebration. The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. The King and his council presented the proclamation as a measure to calm the fears of the Indians -
Stamp Act
This act was passed by the british gov. in 1765. It was a tax on all imports and all paper, ships document, news papers, playing card, E.T.C. The British passed this act to also obtain money for protecting the American Colonist as the British has sent over 10,000 troops into America. Who knows if they sent them there for protecting the Colonist or to keep them under control? Patrick Henerys Stamp Act Resolves which were declaring that the Americans possessed the same rights as the English, -
Intolerable Acts
The government spent lots of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to take Massachusetts. British merchants had lost lots of Equipment and products when the shipments went down to the colonies. Parliament repealed the duties, except for the one on tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a war in the streets, the colonist used what ever they could find against the British soilders including sticks and stones. The presence of British troops in the city of Boston was increasingly unwelcome. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British soilder. After some reinforcments came and they were also attacked, so then the Soilder fired into the croud. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was created and passed by Parliament it would spark the finial revolutionary movement in Boston. This act was not made to invoke and raise taxes on American Colonist. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when the tea act was applied for tax was put on tea. So the colonist revolted and a group called the Sons of Liberty, dressed up as Mohawk Indians, threw hundreds of cases of tea off of British boats and into Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. All of these colonies showed that they were still apart of Great Brittian. Colonies voices were defensive of their rights that they possessed. These colonies want to be away from English control. -
Lexington and Concord
British soldiers went through Boston. Their destinations was Lexington, where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock. Two lanterns hanging from Boston's North Church informed the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. A series of horseback riders such as Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott road off to warn the countryside. -
Second Continental Congress
Lexington and Concord, changed everything. When the Brittian redcoats shot into the croud in Boston, in 1775 the bennifit of the Doubt was granted. Now the professional imperial army was attempting to arrest patriot leaders, and people called Minutemen had been killed in their defense. They gathered in Pennsylvania. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, was signed by 56 men including John Adams, John Handcock, Stephen Hopkens, Bengerman Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson, were of the most inportant people who signed it. The Declaration says all about our Natural Rights, that we can be Self-evedent, all men are created equal, and we have our un-alienable rights and mankind.
