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Albany Congress
Expecting war to break out soon the British Government called a meeting of colonial leaders. The British wanted the colonies to agree to cooperate in defending themselves against the French. They also wanted to make an alliance with the Iroquois against the French. But both the Colonies and the Iroquois rejected the idea. -
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The French and Indian War
The French and the Native Americans v.s The British and Iroquois and the Colonists. To have control over the Ohio River Valley. The British won the French and Indian War and France lost their entire empire to the British. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was the agreement to cede, or surrender, that the French signed after losing the French and Indian war. When the French signed it the British gained the French territory east of the Mississippi river, Spanish Florida, and French Canada. The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris, France. -
The Quartering Act
The purpose of the quartering act was to save money. The act required colonists to quarter,or house, British troops and provide them with food and other supplies. The colonists protested angrily. Once again the colonists complained that Parliament was violating thier rights. -
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Pontiac's War
In the last days of the French and Indian War, the leader of the Ottawa nation, Pontiac, formed and alliance of western Native Americans. Pontiac and his allies attacked British forts and settlements throughout the area. Pontiac was soon defeated at Fort Pitt. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British wanted to avoid any further wars so they issued the Proclamation of 1763. It banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Settlers were told they had to move east of that line. This caused anger to rise among many of the colonist that were forced to move. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a tax put on sugar to help pay for expenses because the British thought that the Colonists should pay. So they put taxes to get themselves out of the deep debt that they were in. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required all colonist to buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. The stamps had to placed on newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance, policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents. The Stamp Act was the most unpopular law that was passed by. Many colonists began to boycott. Soon the protests worked they repealed the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
The Parliment repealed the Stamp Act, but they left one tax, the tax on tea, to prove that the Parliment had the rights to tax the colonists. This angered the colonists causing them to boycott again but this time they surrounded a group of British soldiers. They were throwing snowballs, rocks and they were swearing at the soldiers. Then a shot was fired but no one knew from who it was so the soldiers fired and killed 5 and wounding 6. -
The Second Continental Congress
After the battles in Lexington and Concord most Colonists still didn't favor independence. At the same time, many of them were ready to use force, if necessary, to defend their rights against the British. The Congress first formed a army. They needed a commander for their army. They chose George Washington to be the commander of the army. The Second Continental Congress then started acting like a government. -
Battle for Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga stood at the southern end of Lake Champlain and protected the water route to Canada. 42 British troops guarded the fort. When Allen's 83 men reached the fort by crossing the lake at night and they surprised them early in the morning and the British troops surrendered almost immediately. 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. -
Battle for Bunker and Breeds Hill
The Americans waited till the British were only about 150 feet away. When they opened fire hundreds of British soldiers fell dead or wounded. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was sent to King George. When King George Received the petition he didn't even bother to answer the Olive Branch Petition. Instead, he declared the colonies were "in open...rebellion." Parliament, meanwhile, voted to send 20,000 soldiers to the colonies to end the revolt. -
Invasion of Quebec
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The British withdrawal from Boston