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The Albany Congress
The British government called a meeting of the colonies and also the Iroquois were invited. The meeting took place in Albany, New York. The British want them to agree upon defending themselves against the French. The Iroquois refused to the alliance, but did agree to be in an alliance with the French. -
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French and Indian War
The French/NA's us and the British Colonist, Iroquois went to war because they wanted control over the Ohio River Valley. The war took place in N.A. The British won the war. France lost the entire empire in America. -
Treaty of Paris
After losing Quebec, France could no longer defend the rest of its North America territory, so the France and British signed the Treaty of Paris which was also signed in Paris. The French had lost almost all of its North American Possessions to Great Britain and Spain. -
The Quartering Act
Parliament passed the Quartering act, purpose of the Quartering Act was to save money. The Quartering Act enforced the Proclamation of 1763, Britain kept about 10,000 soldiers in the colonies. That act made colonists to quartering British troops and provide them with supplies. There was an angry protested. The colonists complained that Parliament was violating their rights. -
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Pontiac's War
The leader of the Ottawa nation, Pontiac Made an alliance with the western Native Americans to take down the British. The reason for this is because the British wanted to take over their land. So they went to war and dozens of western British forts were destroyed and about 2,000 back country settlers were killed. But the British finally took down Pontiac's forces and won. -
Proclamation of 1763
British government issued the Proclamation of 1763. This was made because the British wanted to avoid war with the Native Americans on the frontier. The Proclamation banned colonial settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Settlers had to move to a location east to that line. -
Sugar Act
The British imposed new tax on the colonial and Parliament passed the Sugar Act. Which put important tax on several products, like molasses.if there were any smuggling then there would be harsh punishments. Colonial merchants would sometimes traded in smuggled goods would be protested. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed in 1765. But that act required colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of activities and product. The stamps would be placed on newspapers, wills, contracts and other documents. They protest of the Stamp Act was widespread. -
Boston Massacre
There was an protest against Writs of Assistance and it worked. The boycott hurt British merchants and manufacturers, who put pressure on Parliament. Parliament put tax on everything except for tea. But an angry crowd of workers and sailors against a small group of soldiers, they through snowballs and rocks and shouted at the soldiers. The scared soldiers wounded 6 and killed 5 people. The first to fall for the cause of the American independence was Crispus Attucks, an African American sailor. -
Tea Act
British Parliament passed the Tea act as an act of intended to help the British East India Company, one of British's important companies. The company made lots of money for several years but then a boycott hurt the company. The Tea Act lowered the price for tea by allowing the company to ship the tea directly to colonies. Fredrick North, felt the colonists should not object to the Tea Act since the price of tea was lowered. But some colonists reacted angrily, thinking is was an monopoly. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty organized in the port cities to stop the East India Company tea from being unloaded. They threatened them by dressing up like Indians and taking a ship with thousands of dollars of tea on it and unloading the tea into the water. The reason why they did this was because of thinking that the East India Company was an monopoly. -
The Introlerable Acts
British government were outraged from the Boston Tea Party. King George the 3rd called for tough action to make examples of the people of Boston and Massachusetts. Parliament passed four laws. The laws were harsh colonist called them the Intolerable Act. The first Act closed the Boston port. Two others increased the power of the royal governor, abolished he upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, and cut the powers of the town meetings. The fourth law strengthened the Quartering Act. -
First Contentail Congress
Food and supplies poured into Boston. But the Committee of Correspondence organized a meeting to discuss what to do next. The meeting took place in Philadelphia. 12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates, but Georgia didn't. The Congress demanded the repeal of the Intolerable Acts and declared colonies had a right to govern and tax themselves. It also called for training of militias to stand up to British troops if necessary it also called for a boycott of British goods. -
The British withdrawal from Boston
John Thomas secretly led a force of soldiers and workers to Dorchester Heights and began defending the area. Cannons from Fort Ticonderoga had been brought within the Dorchester Heights fortifications. Sir William Howe used the British ships in Boston Harbor to destroy the American position, but a storm came, giving time for Americans to set up their army. Realizing their position was now indefensible. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
General Thomas Gage sent 700 troops to seize the arms and capture some important colonial leaders. Two men, Paul Rever and William Dawes, rode to tell the minutemen what was coming. So then 77 minutemen were waiting. Then finally once the time came a shot fired out not knowing who did it, but that had began the Revolutionary War. Which killed eight American. A battled started to take place in the near by Concord. British had retreated to Boston, about 4,000 Americans fired at them, some killed. -
The Second Continental Congress
In Philadelphia the Second Continental Congress. John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin were included delegates. The Middle Colonies wanted less drastic action. But New England wanted independence. But they all needed an army and to prepare for the war that was coming.They choose George Washington as the commander for the war. Then took steps to print paper money. The Congress was acting like government. -
The Battle for Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was held by the British battles of the French and Indian War. It was located in New York, near Lake Champlain. In May 1775, Ethan Allen and Captain Benedict Arnold of the led the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont. The Green Mountain Boys were made up of settlers from the Green Mountains of Vermont. There wasn't many British troops at the Fort. The Americans attacked the Fort at dawn while the British troops were sleeping. They captured the Fort without a single shot being fired. -
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, they thought the colonial forces as an enemy. But most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress. Which was trying to avoid a war of independence against Britain. The Olive Branch Petition has been called different names over the years, the most popular of which included The Second Petition to the King and The Humble Petition. It was shipped by boat on July 8, 1775, and received by King George III six weeks later. -
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