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The Albany Congress
Who: The British, Iroquois, and Colonial Leaders. What: A meeting for British to have the colonies agree on defending themselves against the French. They invited the Iriquois hopeing to make an alience but the refused thinking that the French to win.Where: Albany New York. Why: They expected war to break out soon -
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French and Indian War
Who: French and Indians vs British, Iroquois, and the Colonists. What: The British win the war/ France lost the entire empire. Where: North America.Why: Control over the Ohio River Valley. -
Treaty of Paris
Who: Britain and France. What: British and France signed the Treaty of Paris then France lost almost all of it's North American possessions France seeded or surrendered French Canada to Great Britain, witch led Great Britain gained all the French territory east of the Mississippi except New Orleans. Where: Paris. Why: After losing Quebec France could no longer defend thee rest of it's North American territory. -
The Quartering Act
Who: Parliament. What: Passed the Quartering Act, it required colonists to quarter or house, British troops and provide them with food and other supplies. Where: Britain. Why: To save money. -
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Pontiac's War
Who: Western Native Americans and Pontiac. What: Attacked British forts and settlements throughout the area. Where: West of the Appalachian Mountains. Why: Native Americans were trying to keep there land. -
Proclamation of 1763
Who: Britain. What: Britain didn't want any more wars with the Native Americans so the British government issued a Proclamation of 1763. It banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Settlers were told they had to move to a location east of that line. Where: Britain. Why: Britain wanted to avoid further wars with Native Americans on he frontier. -
The Sugar Act
Who: The British. What: To import tax on several products including molasses, it also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. Colonial merchants, who sometimes traded in smuggled goods, Protested. Where: Britain. Why: It was called a harsh punishment for smugglers. -
The Stamp Act
Who: Parliament. What: To pass the Stamp Act witch is to make colonists buy special tax stamps, witch the colonists were protesting they used boycotts and petitions. It worked in 1766 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. Where: New York and Colonies. Why: To earn more money for the British Government. -
The Boston Massacre
Who: British. What: On 3/5/16 Parliament repealed all the townshend duties except the one on tea. Then Parliament did not act on time witch lead to a group of angry workers and sailors that started to throw rocks and snowballs at the soldiers. The soldiers reacted by killing five and wounding six of te workers and sailors. Where: Boston. Why: The colonists did not agree on the taxes so they were protesting about it. -
Tea Act
Who: British Parliament. What: Passed the tea act. The tea act hurt the British East India Company because of the colonial boycott. Even though the price was lowered on tea the colonists still had to pay a tax on it. The Company could ship directly to the colonies after the price was lowered. But some colonists reacted angrily to the part that gave the company a monopoly by selling British tea in the colonies. Where: Britain. Why: It was intended to help the British East India Company. -
The Boston Tea Party
Who: A group of colonists. What: A group of men disguised as Native Americans threw 342 cases 90,000 pounds of tea into the water.Where: Boston Harbor. Why: They didn't want the tea to be unloaded. -
Intolerable Acts
Who: British Government, King George III. What: Parliament past 4 laws witch are called the Intolerable Acts. The first act closed the Boston Harbor, the second and third increased the powers of the royal governor abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, ad cut the power of town meetings, the fourth strengthened the 1765 Quartering Act. Where:Boston Massachusetts. Why: The Boston Tea Party made British Government mad. -
First Continental Congress
Who: What: 12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates, only Georgia did not send a representatives, among the delegates were John Adams and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts John Jay of New York and George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia. The acts declared that the colonies had the right to tax and govern themselves. It also called for the training of militias to stand up to British troops if necessary. Where: Philadelphia. Why:The congress demanded the repeal of the intolerable acts. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Who: General Thomas Gage. What: learned the minutemen were storing arms in Concord. He sent out 700 troops to seize the arms and capture some important colonial leaders. As the troops set out, a signal sent by the Patriots in Boston's Old North Church. Paul Revere road threw the night to warn the minutemen. 77 minutemen were ready the British commanded them to leave but they didn't. The next battle had 400 minutemen killing or wounding 300 British soldiers. In Massachusetts. They did it to win. -
The Second Continential Congress
Who: The congress. What: The congress chose George Washington as the commander of the newly formed continental army. Where: Philadelphia Why: After the Battles of Lexington and Concord most colonists still did not favor independence. -
Battle for Fort Ticonderoga
Who: A daring band of Colonists What: Made a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga Where: Northern New York. Why: To seize cannons for George Washington to drive the British from the city. -
Battles of Bunker and Breeds Hill
Who: British General William Howe What: Attacked strait up Breed's Hill. Where: Boston. Why: To solve Britain's problem. -
Olive Branch Petition
Who: The delegates from the 2nd continental Congress and King George What: It stated that the colonists were loyal to the king. It asked George to stop the fighting so all disputes between the colonists and Britain could be solved peacefully. Where: Britain. Why: Many delegates at the 2nd continental congress hoped that peace could be resorted between Britain and it's american colonies. -
Invasion of Quebec
Who: Benedict Arnold. What: The Americans attacked Quebec during a severe snowstorm, but the attack was turned back. Where: Boston. Why: Montgomery died and Arnold was Wounded. -
The British withdrawal from Boston
Who: The British. What: Withdrew from Boston Because the British forces had the Americans artillery aiming at them. Where: Boston. Why: 2 weeks after the battle of bunker hill General Washington collected enough heavy guns helping him to seize Dorchester Heights causing the British to evacuate Boston
