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The Alabany Congress
The British leader called a meeting with the colonial leaders. The British wanted the colonies to agree help fight against the French. The British also invited the Iroquois in hope that they might help also. The Iroquois refused to help, but the colonies leaders agreed to help. -
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The French and Indian War
The French, Huron, and Algonkin Indians fight against the British, the colonists, and the Iroquois. Both sides wanted power over the Ohio River Valley. IN the end the British won and France lost their empire -
The Treaty of Pairs
France had lost to much of their territory in North America so they had to return home rather than risk their lives for a small area and left in 1760. The treaty was signed in Paris in February 1763. The treaty ended the French and Indian War. France gave French Canada to Great Britain and also gave all of their land west of the Mississippi to Great Britain. -
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Pontiac's War
In the last days of the French and Indian war the leader of the Ottawa nation Pontiac joined an alliance with the western Native Americans. In May 1763 Pontiac attacked British Forts. Almost half a dozen British forts were destroyed and at least 2,000 back country settlers were killed. The war finally ended in 1764. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British wanted to avoid further attacks by the native Americans so they issued the proclamation of 1763 stating that the colonist couldn't settle in the Ohio River Valley. The colonists were upset with this because they had just gotten done with fighting the French and Indian war for that area. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was an import tax on several products such as molasses. It also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. The colonial merchants who sometimes sold smuggled goods protested. -
Stamp Act
This was an unpopular law in the colonies. The stamp act required everyone to get stamps on their items including newspapers wills licenses and other items. The colonists didn't like the idea of the Stamp Act so they started to boycott it and petitions were signed to get it repealed. The colonists finally got what they wanted in 1766 when Parlament Repealed the act. -
The Quartering Act
The purpose of the quartering act was to save money for the British. The british needed to enforce the proclamation of 1763 so they sent over 10,000 troops. To save money they had the colonists house and feed them. That's angered the colonists and they protested that Parlament was violating their rights. -
Boston Massacre
After protesting the townshed duties Parlament had repealed them but they were too late. On March 5, 1770 in Boston an angry crowd surrounded a small group of soliders throwing snowballs and rocks and cussing at them. The frightened soilders shot at them and killed 5 colonists. -
Tea Act
In 1774 the British Parliament Passed The Tea Act. It was intended to help the British East India Company, One of Britain's most important company's. The colonies didn't like the idea of this company having a monopoly over tea in the colonies so they boycotted tea even though them having a monopoly would lower the price of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of people called the Sons Of Liberty Tried to stop the importing of the tea, they threaten ships captains, they succeeded in New York, Philadelphia, and other ports except Boston. After a few weeks on December 16 a large group of people gathered in the harbor, suddenly a large group of men disguised as Native Americans boarded the ships and over 3 hours destroyed 90,000 pounds wort thousands of dollars. -
Intolerable Act
The Boston Tea Party outraged the British government. In response to the incident Parliament passed four laws. The first law closed the port of Boston. Two others strengthened the powers of the Royal Governor. They also passed the Quebec Act That took the land in between the Ohio River and the Mississippi River A Part of Canada. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia in September and October 1774. Twelve of the thirteen colonies sent representatives, Georgia was the only colony not to send a representative. The Congress demanded a repeal of the Intolerable Acts, and declared that the colonies had a right to govern themselves. It also called for the training of militias in every colony and to stand up against British troops if necessary The congress also called for a boycott of British goods. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
On April 18, 1775, General Thomas Gage sent 700 troops to attack the rebel weapon stash. Two men Paul Revere and William Daws Road through the night to warn the minutemen. 5 miles from Concord in a town called Lexington 77 minutemen were waiting for British troops to arrive. The British commander ordered the minutemen to go home but they refused. Suddenly, a shot rang out. Nobody knows who fired it. A larger battle took place in Concord. The Americans won and the British retreated. -
Battles for Fort Ticonderoga
The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison. -
Battles of Bunker and Breeds Hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War , the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Invasion of Quebec
On December 31, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada. The attack failed, and the effort cost Montgomery his life. The Battle of Quebec was the first major defeat of the Revolutionary War for the Americans. -
The British Withdraw from Boston
The British commander William Howe saw the British position as indefensible after noticing George Washington's cannons and withdrew the British forces in Boston to the British stronghold at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 17 -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in May 1775. At first the congress was divided on what to do about the problems that were accruing in the colonies. Some wanted to declare complete independence from England, others wanted less drastic actions. Nearly everyone agreed that they needed to train an army. The congress chose George Washington as the newly formed leader of the Continental Army. The congress also started to print paper money to pay for their troops.