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navigation act
this is were England force the colonies had to sell to England even if they found better profit elsewhere, A series of laws passed by the British parliament that imposed restriction on colonies.they started smuggling stuff because they wanted more profit and if they smuggled they could sell it anywhere. -
Molasses act
the molasses act of 1733 raised the tax on molasses that was imported by american colonies from anywhere other than great Britian -
fort necessity
Washington set up a small fort of his own nearby and he called it for necessity later it was attacked by the french and their native american allies. this combined army won the battle and force washington soldiers to surrender -
French and Indian War
started in august- 1756 ended in feb- 1763. the french had early success and captured several British forts.pit decided to send more trained British troops to fight in north american.the treaty of Paris marked the ending war. France no longer held power in north american. -
Sugar act
this new tax lowered the lax on molasses important to the colonies, to encourage colonies to stop smuggling. It also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers goods without going to court. -
Stamp act
it was a small tax on all printed materials such as newspapers,wills,playing cards,and documents. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. imported such as glass,lead,paint,paper,tea -
Boston massacre
British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally. -
General Thomas Gage takes over Boston
Thomas Gage, a decorated war hero in the French and Indian War, served as the commander in chief of the British Forces in North America from 1763-74. He arrived in Boston in May 1774 to replace Thomas Hutchinson as royal governor of Massachusetts -
Quebec act
established the procedures of governance for the Province of Quebec. Great Britain acquired the territory from France under the 1763 Treaty of Paris. -
Quartering act
permitting the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first to the house British troops. If they ask for food or anything they have to provide it -
Intolerable or Coercive act
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. when news of the Boston tea party reached London,king George lll stated-~’ we must either master them or totally leave them to themselves, in response to the Boston tea party, the parliament passed the coercive Acts -
First Continental Congress
the Congress adopted the Articles of Association, which stated that if the Intolerable Acts were not repealed by December 1, 1774, a boycott of British goods would begin in the colonies. -
Paul Revere's Ride
The Midnight Ride was the alert to the American colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord. The ride occurred on the night of April 18, 1775, immediately before the first engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington | Teach US History
There were several events that led up to this fateful day, including the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and the Stamp Act, to name a few -
Fort Ticonderoga
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts -
Battle of Bunker Hill
New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. Popularly known as "The Battle of Bunker Hill," bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures -
Olive Branch petition
adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775, to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared -
Declaratory Acts
granted Great Britain's Parliament the authority to tax the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever -
Washington takes Boston
11,000 redcoats and hundreds of Loyalists left the city by boat. Washington marched into Boston on March 18, but there was little time for rejoicing. He rightly suspected that the British would head for New York City. -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III
In the colonies, the Hessians were vilified as ruthless mercenaries hired to do King George's dirty work -
DOI is signed
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776,God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -
Boston Tea Party
the Boston tea was a protest that colonies wanted to make there own laws.they made a big protest by dumping 342 chests of tea into the water, which was worth millions of dollars in today's money.