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Founding of the Colonies
Who: British people that moved to America to make a living or have religious freedom
What: colonies provided for English economy with farming and livestock products from the new world
Where: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
When: 1607
Why: Founded colonies because England wanted more land and money
How: contributed to demand for independence after Britain made taxs -
French and Indian War
Who: French, British, Natvie american allies
What: Frencha and British fought over territory with help of Native allies
Where: Various locations in New Britain and New France
When: 1754-1763
Why: Frencha nd British wanted to expand their territory, but their land overlapped
How: Lead to Britain taxing colonists to pay for expenses, which angered [the colonists] them. -
Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act
Who: The British government and the colonists
What: Placed a tax on molasses and sugar. The currency act was when the colonies decided to print their own paper money. The quartering act made the colonies provide housing for british troops. The stamp act was when taxes went up for licenses, college diplomas, or legal documents
When: 1764-65
Where: Britain
Why: Britain needed extra money
How: this angered colonists and led them to rebel against paying them -
No Taxation Without Representation
Who: British authorities vs the colonists
What: the colonies were angry at Parliament for unfair taxing and not letting colonists have a say in the laws
When: 1765
Where: England and the colonies
Why: the colonist's opinion was that taxing the colonists was wrong when they had little power in the parliament
How: it would lead to the revolution because the colonists began to rebel when laws and taxes got even harsher -
Sons of Liberty
Who: Samuel Adams, Benedict Arnold, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, James Otis, Paul Revere, James Swan, Alexander McDougall, Benjamin Rush, Charles Thomson, Joseph Warren, Marinus Willett, Oliver Wolcott, Christopher Gadson, Haym Salomon, Hercules Mulligan, Thomas Melville
What: secret group to protect colonists rights and taxation
When: 1765
Where: Boston
Why: Sons wanted to protect rights of colonists
How: this group protested and helped get Stamp Act repealed, one step further to independence -
Boston Tea Party
Who: sons of liberty
What: sons of liberty threw crates of British tea into Boston harbor to protest tax on tea
When: December 16, 1773
Where: Boston
Why: Tea Act of 1773 raised tax on tea for colonists
How: Showed defiance and upstanding to Britain's harsh taxes. Led to Intolerable acts, which was the last straw for colonists -
Intolerable Acts
Who: British Parliament against colonial defiance from colonists
What: 4 measures, 2 aimed at Boston, that prevented Boston from using its harbor, and downgrading MA to a crown colony. The third protected British officials accused of capital crimes, and the fourth was similar to Quartering Act.
When: 1774
Where: The colonies
Why: Britain wanted to assert authority over colonies
How: the harsh acts would lead to more uprisings and rebellions and eventually into war -
Boston Blockade (Boston Port Act)
Who: King george, british parliament, colonists
What: In response to the boston tea party, it was outlawed to use the port of boston, by setting up a blockade by the entrance.
When: March 7th, 1774
Where: Boston
Why: Because of the boston tea party -
First Continental Congress
Who: Delegates from 12/13 colonies
What: meeting held in response to Intolerable acts, made compact to boycott british goods
When: 9/5/1774-10/26/1774
Where: Carpenters Hall, PA
Why: it was created to help colonists break away from british trade and become more independent
How: Created a congress of representatives who were colonists not appointed by british parliament; this showed their steps toward detaching from Britain -
Paul Revere's Ride
Who: Paul revere
What: Paul revere was sent by Joseph warren to warn the Massachusetts Provincial COngress, of oncoming british troops. He rode from Somerville, Medford, and Arlington, warning other patriots along the way, and he arrived at lexington at midnight.
Where: Concord and lexington
When: 4/18/1775
Why: He needed to warn the patriots of british soldiers so they could prepare for a battle or move supplies ahead of time. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Who: British troops and paul revere and the raiders
What: British troops fought against paul revere and the raiders
When: April 19, 1775
Where: Concord
Why:British troops tried to seize a weapons cache -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
Thomas paine, british government, royal monarchy
The book challenged the british government's authority
1776
Great Britain
Asked for independence from Great Britain
See #5
