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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a time where people started to depend more on factual laws, rather than chance and miracles. Examples of advancement during The Enlightenment was the rising literacy rate and Benjamin Franklin's discovery of eletrical power through lightning. This influx of knowledge caused people to question the authority of the British monarchy. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War started when George Washington attacked a small detatchment of French soldiers. In the following July, they forced Washington to surrender. This was the start of the French and Indian War. The war was over control of North America. The British had suffered defeat after defeat during 1755 and 1756. The war ended in 1763 when the British won the battle of Quebec. -
Proclamation of 1763
After the British claimed the Ohio River Valley the Native Americans started fighting back for the land. These were made as a boundry to ban settlement west of the Appalachians. Even with the ban in effect colonists continued to move to Native American lands. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a new tax imposed on all colonials that required them to pay a tax on every pice of paper they used. The colonists were not mad at the cost of it, but at the standard it had set for money. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a program that got colonies to pay salaries to the governers to show that the British Parliment had the right to tax the colonies. These were naturally met with resistance. -
The Boston Massacre
THis was the even when five British soldiers killed five men, and wounded six others. The people involved were started to gather a large group around the soldiers and harass then, until they were finally provoked to fire. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a resistance movement of the Tea Act. THis was because it went against their taxing rights. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, were a set of laws pssed by British Parliment in reply to The Boston Tea Party. Many colonist saw these as violations to their constitutional rights and a threat to their liberty. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
These were the first battles of the Aerican Revolution. The battle was between the colonists and the British militia. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act halved the duty on foreign-made molasses, placed duties on certain imports, and strengthened the
