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The Great Awakening
What made this event so important?
---This event was important because it opened up colonist to question about how great is England ruling them actually was.
What led up to/caused this event?
The things that led up to this event is that the leading chuch leaders in the colonies believed that the colonist were losing faith in their religion and in living in the area.
What happened during this event?
During this event churches as said above saw religous decline in the colonies (continued) -
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The Great Awakening
(Continued)...so they sent pastors like George Whitefield to preach to the people to bring their faith back up. This method worked tremendously well and sealled the people's faith in religion back to what it used to be.
How did the colonist respond?
The colonist responded by spliting into 2 groups: The New Lights and The Old Lights.
What did this lead to?
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The French and Indian War 1754-1763
Why was this event important?
This event made the later borders defined and taxes to come.
What led up to this event?
Tensions were high beacause of French forts were too close and pushing into British land.
What happened durring this event?
The French and British faught with Indians at thier sides. At first the French were winning but with some militry stratagy the British flanked the French and turned the tides of the war.
What was the British reation?
Taxes to the colonies for their dept. -
Proclamation of 1763
Why was this event important?
It stoped colonist from going past the appalachian mountains.
What led up to this event?
Pontinac's Rebellion because the Indians were mad at colonist for entering their lands.
What happened durring this event?
It stoped colonist from going past the appalachian mountains like in places like Ohio.
What were the colonist reaction?
They didn't like the law.
What did this lead to?
Tensions grew tighter.
This led to colonist breaking this law. -
Sugar Act
Why was this event important?
This was the begining of the taxes.
What led up to this?
Dept from French and Indian War.
What happened durring this event?
The Sugar Act added a tax on sugar products like coffee.
What were the colonist and British reaction?
Colonist didn't like the tax but in 1766 it was repealed.
What did this lead to?
The Stamp Act and colonist not enjoying Britian a bit more. -
Stamp Act
Why was this event important?
It added another tax on paper goods.
What led up to this?
Dept from war.
What happened durring this event?
It added another tax on paper good that was repealled in 1776.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
The colonists didnt like the law so they boyycotted it then Parlament repealled the law in 1776.
What did this lead to?
Tighter tensions between the colonists and the British. -
Townshend Acts
Why was this event important?
Added taxes on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
What led up to this event?
Dept from war.
What happened durring this event?
Added taxes on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. It was repealed but they keep the tax on tea.
What was the colonist reaction?
The colonist reaction was that its not ok if they tax people in the colonies witch are already are having trouble with living there.
What did this lead to?
Britain flooding Troops into Boston -
Boston Massacre
Why was this event important?
This event really sparked the American Revolution by being the first firing from the British.
What led up to this event?
Tensions were tight between the colonist with the British. British troops were flooded into Boston.
What happened durring this event?
On this dsy the fire bell was ringing and with that ringing there was no fire but the colonist all formed into a mob and went to where the troops were staying. The sentry in front told them to leave, and(contitnued -
Boston Massacre (continued)
they did not leave so then he got more troops and they all told them to leave. But someone said "FIRE" and the shot heard round the world was fired and with all the British firing their muskets they killed 5 workers.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
The colonist printed papers saying "The Boston Massacre"
What did this lead to?
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Tea Act
Why was this event important?
It showed that the colonist could survive even with all the taxes Britain could make.
What led up to this event?
The British India Company needed to sell tea for tax.
What happened durring this event?
Tax on tea.
What was the colonist reaction?
The reaction was that im not going to pay for tea with this heap of with it tax.
What did this lead to?
Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
Why was this event important?
It symbolized that the colonist could rebel against the British.
What led up to this event?
Tea Act.
What happened durring this event?
The Sons of Liberty during the day they sneaked onto British ships containing tea and threw it off.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
The colonist were happy to see somenoe rebeling while the British were not happy.
What did this lead to?
Intolerable Acts. -
Intolareable Acts
Why was this event important?
This act fueled the colonist anger torwards the British.
What led up to this event?
Parlament thought they needed to be punished.
What happened durring this event?
This act closd Boston harbor, canceled Massachusetts charter,moved court trails to Britain, and came with new Quartering act and Quebec act which gave Canada control of Ohio area.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
Colonist called for long term boycotts and made armed groups, repealed in 1778 -
Battle of Lexington/Concord
Why was this event important?
This was the first real fight between the British and the colonist.
What led up to this event?
"The shot heard round the wourld".
What happened durring this event?
The British wanted to take the weapons that the colonist have at concord and Lexington. After battle 8 dead 10 wounded but the colonist followed them to Boston and attacked them and finished them off.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
Battle.
What did this lead to?
Battle of Bunker Hill. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Why was this event important?
Stopped British troops from getting to Charlestown.
What led up to this event?
Battle of Lexington and Concord.
What happened durring this event?
The British wanted Bunker Hill as a strategic location. After the fighting the British had over 1000 causalities compared to the colonist around 400 causalities.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
Battle for both but morale increase for colonist.
What did this lead to?
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Common Sense
Why was this event important?
Paine's Common Sense argued for breaking away from Great Britain.
What led up to this event?
Paine's mettings with Benjamin Franklin.
What happened durring this event?
Paine wrote that the system of monarchy in European countries such as Great Britain was unatural, wrong, and every thing should be in control by the people.
What was the colonist reaction?
The colonist realized that they should break free.
What did this lead to?
Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Why was this event important?
Stated that the colonies wanted to separate from Britain.
What led up to this event?
Hatred of Britian.
What happened durring this event?
Stated that the colonies wanted to separate from Britain because of how bad the king is.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
Spliting away from eachother.
What did this lead to?
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Battle of Saratoga
Why was this event important?
Stopped Britain from getting to New York.
What led up to this event?
Battles.
What happened durring this event?
The colonist pushed the British back until the colonist won the battle which stopped them from getting to New York.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
Battle.
What did this lead to?
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Battle of Yorktown
Why was this event important?
The colonist won against all odds.
What led up to this event?
Battle of Saratoga.
What happened durring this event?
Everything was low including morale because of Benedict Arnold turning to British. But when the British troops and Cornwallis were in Yorktown the colonist covered them and later the British surrendured.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
Battle.
What did this lead to?
Treaty of Paris. -
Treaty of Paris
Why was this event important?
Deffined the borders of the United States of America.
What led up to this event?
Battle of Yorktown and Declaration of Independence.
What happened durring this event?
Deffined the borders of the United States of America to the Mississipi River and to Flordia.
What was the colonist and British reaction?
This is the real start of the U.S.A.
What did this lead to?
People moving west.
