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The French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was a war between the French and British for control of land, namely the Ohio river valley. They fought for power, land, and valued natural recourses. The war started when an Indian leader on the British side called the Half King chopped off Joseph de Coulon de Villers, a french ambassador’s head. In the end, the British won to the French. This war left the British heavily in debt and with no one to pay it. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was for to help with the tension between the Native Americans and the Colonies. It sparked some anger between the British and the Colonies, because the proclamation stated that even though the British owned the land, they were not allowed to use it, or go in it; you had to be a licensed trader to go in the land, even though the Colonies had fought hard for Britain and died for that land. -
The Currency Act
The Currency Act is one of the many acts that Great Britain placed on the Colonists. This act regulated paper money issued by Great Britain, as well as coins. This, like many other acts and taxes, sparked anger among the colonials and pretty much started the Revolutionary War. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first tax imposed on the Colonists by the British. It enforced taxes on imported molasses and sugars. The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and regulated the export of lumber and iron. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is one of the string of acts the British imposed on the Colonists. This Act imposed a tax on all paper documents such as legal documents, newspapers and other paper in the Colonies. This, like many other acts sparked anger among all thirteen colonies. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is a name given to a string of British parliaments imposed on the thirteen colonies. This act was about how if any British soldiers or any traders were to come across a house, the people in the house could not refuse hospitality to any British persons. These acts eventually sparked the revolutionary war. -
The repeal of the stamp act
After the colonists protested for months and Benjamin Franklin made an appeal before the British House of Commons the parliament finally gave in and voted to repeal (end) the Stamp Act in March 1766. The same day that they repealed the stamp act they passed the Declatory Acts which gave The British had total legislative power over the colonies. -
The Townshend Act
After the repealing of the Stamp Act, King George had had enough. he decided that he would put soldiers in place to make sure that the British tax collectors could come and go easily. There would also be the Writs of Assistance, who would have free will to search anything at any time and put those smuggling in jail. Of course, this came with a cost, so the British imposed many taxes on the colonists on lots of everyday items, though not specifically just one subject. -
The Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, on King street, the Boston Massacre happened. The Boston Massacre started when a kid started to harass a soldier guarding a vault holding the King’s money. Then, the soldier shouted “fire” and bells started to ring, because people thought there was a fire. People came out because they thought there was a fire to put out, but really only a soldier. However, the soldier thought there was an angry mob chasing him, so he called in others soldiers and these men fired. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The goal was to reduce the amount of tea held by the British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. Another objective was to increase the price of illegal tea, smuggled into Britain's North American colonies. This was supposed to convince the colonists to purchase Company tea on which the Townshend duties were applied. About 86% of all the tea in America was smuggled Dutch tea. -
The Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. It was held from September 5th to October 26th 1774 at Carpenters Hall, Philidalphia. It was a response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament. The Congress met to consider ways of getting the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts. The delegates also urged each colony to train and set up it’s own militia. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington an Concord were the first military engagements of the Revolutionary War. The battle was fought on April 19th 1775 in the towns of Lexington and Concord. They marked the outbreak of conflicts between the British and the 13 colonies. Nobody knows who fired the first shot or “ the shot heard ‘Round the world “. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was sort of involved in the battle. It was the original goal of both the colonial and British troops, though most of the combat took place on a nearby hill which later became known as Breed's Hill. The British won even though they suffered more casualties.
