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French and Indian War
General Edward Braddock commanded British forces from 20 February 1755 until his death on the Monongahela River (Wounded on 9 July 1755 and died on 13 July 1755). George Washington was one of his Militia officers.
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was the commander of French forces until he was killed in defense of Quebec on 13 September 1759. Major Battles are
1. Battle Of Fort Necessity
2. Battle of River Monongahela
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Stamp Act
Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed -
Boston Massacre
the americans were at war with the british and one of the soldiers, fired of the infsamous first shot and all hell broke loose. 7 colonists died, 5 civilians died as a result of the incident, 3 died on the scene and 2 died later. King George III of England was irritated with the colonists in America. The colonists didn't want to pay tax on English products; for example lead, glass, paint, wine and tea, it resulted in a riot because the colonists were fed up with this unfair treatment. -
Boston tea party
The Sons of Liberty, a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. after the boston tea party, The British shut down the Boston Harbor and also created the Intolerable Acts, in the event of these two things, the MA government failed. Improve answer. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts was the Patriot name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Massachusetts after the Boston Tea party. The acts stripped Massachusetts of self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments in the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts had punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. The Congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the leg -
Lexington and Concord
Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.[9][10] They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.
The original purpose was not to declare independence from Britain, but rather to come up with an action to present the grievances of the colonies, however, in 1776 after no satisfaction from the crown in regard to the issues presented, Congress did decide to pull away fro -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. A committ -
Start Of Constitutional Convention
Due to the difficulty of travel in the late 18th century, very few of the selected delegates were present on the designated day of May 14, 1787, and it was not until May 25 that a quorum of seven states was secured. (New Hampshire delegates would not join the Convention until more than halfway through the proceedings, on July 23.)[3]:103 James Madison arrived first, and soon most of the Virginia delegation arrived. While waiting for the other delegates, the Virginia delegation produced the Virgi
