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The Albany Congress
All 13 colonies were invited and The Iroquois to come but they did not come.It took place in Albany, New York.The Iroquois refused to make an alliance, in part because they expected the French to defeat the British in a war. Colonial leaders tried to work out a plan to defeat themselves. Ben Franklin of Pennsylvania believed the colonies had to succeed. -
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French And Indian War
French/Native Americans Vs. British/Iroquois/Colonists. Control over Ohio River Valley.The British win, France lost their entire Empire. -
Treaty Of Paris
Britain and France signed The Treaty Of Paris. Took place in Paris, France. France ceded,French Canada to Great Britain. Great Britain also gained all other French territory west of the Mississippi, went to Spain. -
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Pontiac's War
It is in the last days of the French and Indian War,the leader of the Ottawa nation, Pontiac, formed an alliance of western Native Americans .Pontiac and his allies attacks British forts and settlements throughout the are. Nearly haft a dozen western British forts were destroyed an at least 2000 backcountry settlers were killed. -
Proclamation Of 1763
The British wanted to avoid further wars with Native Americans on the frontier.Therefore ,the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763. -
Sugar Act
The British effort to impose new taxes on the colonies began in 1764 when the Parliament passed the Sugar Act which put a duty or import tax on several products to including molasses. -
The Quartering Act
The purpose of the Quartering Act was to save money.To enforce the Proclamation of 1763 Britain kept about 10000 soldiers in the colonies. The act required colonists to quarter or houses British Troops and provide them with food and other supplies. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required that all colonist buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities.The Stamp Act were widespread. Virginia's House of Burgesses passed several resolutions declaring that it alone had the right to tax the people of Virginia. The protests worked in 1766,Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Tea Act
Tea Act in 1773 British Parliament passed the Tea Act It was intended to help the British East India Company one of Britain's most important company.Many years the Company had made money growing tea in India and selling it in Britain and in the colonies.However the colonial boycott of tea seriously hurt there company.The Tea Act actually lowered the price of tea by allowing the East India Company to ship tea to the colonies.Colonial leaders argued that the tea was lowered they still payed taxes -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonist called the Sons Of Liberty soon organized in port cities to stop the East India Company from being unloaded.No tea was unloaded in new York, Philadelphia, or other ports.for more than 2 weeks feelings in Boston were tense. Suddenly, a large group of men disguised as Native Americans boarded the tea ship.during next 3 hours they threw 342 cases of tea in the harbor as the crowd cheered the raiders destroyed 90,000 pounds of tea worth thousands of dollars. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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 Second Continental Congress
After the Lexington and Concord many delegates at the Second Continental Congress hoped that peace could be restored between Britain and its American colonies.Two resolutions passed in July showed the uncertainty of Congress. -
Battle for Fort Ticonderoga
A daring band of colonist made a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga.Fort Ticonderoga was important for 2 reasons it controlled the main route between Canada and the Hudson River Valley. It also held valuable weapons especially cannons.The fighting in Bunker Hills was were it all took place Washington new we had to build a regular army. Washington had the British cannons which had Fort Ticonderoga dragged sleds across mountains and Richard Montgomery was left from Fort Ticonderoga. -
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. -
Olive Branch Petition
first resolution was called the Olive Branch Petition and it was sent to the King George.The petition stated that the colonists were loyal to the King asked George to stop fighting so all disputes between the colonists and Britain could be solved peacefully.The petition got its name from the olive branch symbol of peace since ancient times.The effort to make peace failed King G.did not bother to answer the Olive Branch he declared the colonies were in open rebellion he sent 20,000 soldiers. -
Invasion of Quebec
The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. -
Invasion of Quebec
The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. -
The British withdrawal from Boston
In 1776, British forces are forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington's successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooks the city from the south.