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The French and Indians Wars
The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763.The British and French were fighting because the fur trade and the Ohio River valley. Early in the war the French appeared to be winning the war. The British ultimately won the war. The British was in debt because of the war and made taxes higher. The British said that the colonies should help pay for the war because they were fighting to keep them safe. They raised the taxes on the things to buy. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is known as the Peace of Paris and the Treaty of 1763. The fighting was over. British could enjoy the victory of winning. The terms of losing were harsh for the French. They lost all the French territory on the mainland of North America. The British won the Quebec and the Ohio River Valley. The port of New Orleans and the Louisiana territory west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain for their efforts. -
Pontiac's War
The Pontiac War is a war that was fought because of having the Great Lakes. They Native Americans were upset because they cut off their annual tribute of gifts, trade and goods which people had come to rely on. They jumped up the price on new trade goods. They didn’t marry into the Native community. It was named Pontiac war because of the leader of the Ottawa nations Pontiac. No colonists could settle there and only the government could negotiate land purchases. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a document to make peace with the Indians. It said that the colonies would not settle on the West of the Appalachian Mountains. The purpose of the law was to stop having war with the Indians. They objected to the law and they violated almost immediately after it was issued. The Proclamation lost its force after the Revolutionary war. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was tax on sugar. The British put tax on wine, sugar, and other important things. They passed the law because they wanted more money. The Sugar Act made colonists very upset. They would not be able to sell their goods for as much. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the new tax that was imposed on all American colonists. They all had to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used, such as legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and even playing cards were taxed. This law was passed because for the money to help pay for the cost of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists didn’t think really anything about it because how little the cost was. The difference between the Sugar Act and -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was an indirect tax for the colonists. This law required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British soldiers. They provide more things such as, bedding, food, water, and a lot of other stuff. They forced the colonies to do the new law. Most of the colonies accepted the law, but New York and Boston didn’t like the new law. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was held in New York City. Only representatives or people had the authority to make decisions could come to the meeting. Only nine of the thirteen colonies came to the meeting. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 19, 1765. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act was named after the British American colonists Charles Townshend, who sponsored them. This act was proposed by Charles Townshend and placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Tax collectors were also allowed to search for smuggled goods. Taxes were on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. They protested against the law by writing John Dickinson, Samuel Adams, and others. When repealed the only tax that remained was tax on tea. -
Boston Massacre
The colonists taunted nine redcoats, clubbing them and throwing rocks and snowballs, provoking them to open fire. Five "innocent" colonists were killed, including Crispus Attucks, the leader of the mob and a runaway "mulatto" slave. The Boston Massacre is how colonists felt about British soldiers. These soldiers were later indicted for murder. The Boston Massacre helped to fuel colonist’s rebellious attitudes. -
Boston Massacre 2
It is not fair to call it the Boston Massacre because it was not a large number of people killed. John Adams defended the British Soldiers. Even though John was an anti-British he helped because everyone should have the right a trail or lawyer. Paul Revere painted a picture of what happened. -
Tea Act
The Act was not to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed to help the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. It was sold to the colonies for a good price. The British was granted the company monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a nonviolent political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. When a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting against the monopoly on. There was 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. The group responsible for The Boston Tea Party was Massachusetts Patriots. The colonies reacted to this was they applauded to this action. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. -
The First Continental Congress
The meeting was held to discuss unfair treatment from Britain the colonies should have with Britain and what colonist’s rights should be. The colonists were very upset about the taxes. Twelve colonists were represented. Fifty-one people were at The First Continental Congress. The two things that the colonies agreed to do were boycott British goods and have a council of safety for every colony. John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Washington were the important people who attended. -
Lexington and Cocord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. 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 met when the Revolutionary war had started. Armed forces were disorganized and things were not going very good. They then created the Continental Army led by George Washington. Out of this came the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Marines Corps. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill 2
Brittan had claimed the land, but it was more of a loss because they lost most of their officers, and had the most casualties of any battle in the war. Brittan had made three attacks on the colonists at bunker hill, and during the third attack colonists snuck in the ranks and used bayonets to kill or wound some of the British soldiers, the colonists were eventually spotted and were forced to retreat. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle was originally suppose to be fought on Bunker Hill, but was instead fought mostly on Breed's Hill. The colonists, Led by Artemas Ward, built their defenses on Bunker and Breed's Hill. The British controlled and had set up in the Boston harbor and were commanded by Thomas Gage. Brittan's plan of attack was to attack the hill because the colonial militia weren't as well trained as the British soldiers. Brittan had claimed the land, but it was more of a loss because they lost most of the
