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french and indian war
The war started in 1753 and ended in 1763. The british and the french were fighting over control of the ohio river valley and its profitible fur trade. When the war started the french and the indians were winning lots of battles. The british got William Pitt and he changed the strategy and won the war. Britian ended with lots of war dept -
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pontiacs war
Ottawa chief Pontiac attacks several british colonial settlements in a attempt to stop westward expansion. He loses the war but it got the british got scared of starting wars because of the war debt. -
treaty of paris
The treaty of paris was a document that kicked the french out of america and gave some of their land to spain. Then the british got the rest. The british colonists realized that thay could fight together as one big nation after the war -
proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a document that prevented westward expansion in order prevent wars with the native americans. It failed miserably due to lack of enforcement. The colonists just went west anyways -
sugar act
The Sugar Act was a tax for colonial merchants to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on sugar and Molasses. They passed this law to pay war debt. Most colonists didn't care because they weren't sugar merchants. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act was a law to tax everything paper: marrage documents, stamps,playing cards,and even dice. The.colonists were widely affected unlike the sugar act which only affected merchants. The colonists hated it, and had a massive boycott against the British. -
the quartering act of 1675
The quartering act was an act that forced colonists to let soldiers into their houses as accomodations.This law was made to make up for the lack of military accomodations. The colonists had to have a barracks. But they were not enough to support the high level of troops in the colonies. Most colonials accepted the act but there were some who didnt like it. there was another act stopping anyone from doing anything about it -
Stamp Act Congress
The stamp act congress was held in new york. it represented;New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, Maryland, and Connecticut. it had leaders like Samuel Adams and Paul Revere and other leaders. The declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document that had 14 dissagreements with King George and Parliment -
townshend acts
The Townshend acts were a series of taxes on: paper, lead, glass, paint, and tea. It was named after Charles Townshend. The purpose of this law was to raise 55,043 american dollars (40000 euros) every year. The colonists boycotted again. The Tea Act was left in place after it's repeal -
boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was when an student yelled at a british regular. Other solders came to help the regular and then a crowd of colonists started joining the boy. Amung them was Crispus Attucks, a former slave.the soldiers got angry and fired into the croud killing Crispus and four other colonists. It is fair to call this the boston massacre. The british did unlawfully kill unarmed colonists. John Adams helped the britsh because he wanted to give them a fair trial so there wouldnt be a reason -
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for complaint. The famous engraving was inaccurate and made by Paul revere -
tea act
The porpose of the Tea Act was to keep some kind of tax system going. It was meant to help the East India Company with money issues. The tea was sold directly from the british monopoly, a company or person who owns a large scale enterprise. -
boston tea party
The boston Tea party was a rebellion againt the Tea Act because the sellers didn't have to pay the tax. The colonial patriots threw 342 chests of tea into the sea near the port. The British will respnd to this with the Intolerable Acts -
Intolerable acts
The Intolerable acts were a set of laws punishing the patriots for the Boston Tea Party. They were also called the Coercive Acts. They Included the Boston Port act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act ,the second Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. They allowed the trials to be relocated by the governor. expanded Quebec's boundaries, and locked down the Boston Port to the non-english ships -
first contental congress
The first Continental Congress was an attempt to show Great Britan that the colonies were serious about the rampant taxation rate. It was held in carpenter's hall in Pennsylvania. Key people like George Washington and Samuel Adams were there. there was a total of 56 delegates representing 12 out of 13 colonies. They got two big things done.One is that they had a large intercolonial plan to boycott british goods. -
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The other was to make sure a second meets at a later time -
lexington and concord
Concord was captured to stop the militia from resuppling there. The Redcoats tried destroying the items, but when the militia got there almost every thing was recovered. Lexington wasn't a battle like what is normally hear. It was really the british telling the militia to surrender. A random shot was fired and just like that the british scattered. Only 9 people in the militia died. this battle gave others time to get mobilized. -
second contiental congress
The Congress created The Continental army after the revolutionary was over. They made the Olive Branch Petion in an effort to stop a full war. They rejected it before it got to the king, The Declaration of Causes was a list of the reasons they went to war with the British. They wrote the Declaration of Independence in the congress. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The militia were originally planning to build their defenses on Bunker Hill but actually built defenses on Breed's Hill. Leading the Colonials was William Prescott. Leading the British was William Howe. The British were planning to march their men to the hill and attack from the front. They chose this plan with too much confidence that they would win. The british marched up and Prescott said his famous "whites of their eyes" order. then the Patriots fired. the british won that seige. but it -
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costed them 226 lives and 828 people were wounded
