Events leading to the Revolutionary War

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  • The Albany Congress

    British government called meeting of colonial leaders. They hoped to form an alliance with the Iroqouis against the French. Albany, New York. They expected a war to break out.
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    French and Indian War

    French/ Native Americans vs. British/Colonists/Iroqouis. Control over the Ohio River valley. British win the war, France lost entire Empire in North America. North America.

  • Treaty of Paris

    The French. France couldn't defend the rest of it's North American land after losing Quebec, France, so they signed a treaty and ceded, Losing almost all of it's land. Paris, France.
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    Pontiac's War

    The British, the Indian leader of the Ottawa nation, and Native Americans. The Ottawa leader formed an alliance with the western Native Americans against the British. near/around British forts and near Fort Pitt.

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The British government. The government issued The Proclamation of 1763 that banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, the settlers had to be east of the line. Around the Appalachian Mountains. The British government wanted to avoid further wars with the Native Americans on the frontier.

  • The Sugar Act

    The British, and the colonies.The Sugar Act that put a duty on several products, including molasses and made a harsh punishment on smugglers. In the Colonies. The British wanted to import new taxes on the colonies.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Colonists, and Patrick Henry. A law passed by Parliament required the colonists to but special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities like newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance, policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents. In the Colonies. The British wanted to save money.

  • The Quartering Act

    British and Colonists. The act required colonists to quarter/house British troops and provide them with food and other supplies, but the Colonists protested angrily and said it was violating their rights. In the Colonies. The act was passed to save money.

  • The Boston Massacre

    British soldiers, workers, sailors, Crispus Attucks, governer Thomas Hutchinson, and John Adams. An angry crowd surrounded a small group of soldiers they threw snowballs and rocks and yelled at them, the scared soldiers fired into the crowd and killed five people. Boston.

  • Tea Act

    Colonists, the British East India Company, and Frederick North. The tea act lowered the price of tea by shipping it straight to the colonies, but the prime minister of England Frederick North decided that colonists should not object because the price of tea was lowered. In the Colonies. To help the British East India Company.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Sons of Liberty, Thomas Hutchinson, raiders. A group of colonist called the Sons of Liberty stopped tea from being unloaded but a ship arrived with a tea, that night raiders dressed like Native Americans dumped 342 cases of tea into the Boston Harbor. In Boston. Tea was still being taxed and the Colonists didn't like it.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    King George the 3rd, Boston and Massachusetts people. King George the 3rd called for tough action to make examples of the people in Boston and Massachusetts, Parliament then passed 4 laws, the laws were Closing the port of Boston, then abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, thenincreased the powers of the royal governor, and finally cut the powers of town meetings. In Boston and Massachusetts. The Boston Tea Party outraged the British government.

  • The First Continental Congress

    John and Samuel Adams, John Jay, Patrick Henry, and George Washington. The Congress demanded the repel of the Intolerable Acts and declared that the Colonies had the right to tax and govern themselves, and called for the training of militias to stand up to British troops, also the Congress called for a new boy cott of British goods. Philadelphia. The Committee of Correspondence organized a meeting to discuss what to do next.

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    General Thomas Gage, the new governor of Massachusetts. They learned that the minute men were storing arms in Concord. In Concord about 20 miles from Boston.

  • The Second Continental Congress

    Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin. The Congress didn't know what to do at first, but they decided to prepare for war, they chose George Washington as a commander, they printed paper money to pay for their army, they started acting like a government. Philadelphia, New England. Colonists still didn't favor independence and many of them were ready to use force.

  • Battles of Bunker and Breeds Hill

    The British, The Americans, British General William Howe. The Americans had Bunker and Breeds hill under their control but the British wanted Bunker hill so the British lined up 3 rows of people to attack, they slowly advanced, their first 2 rows were hit easily but the Americans didn't have enough ammo, they retreated and the British won Bunker hill. Breeds and Bunker hill. The Americans wanted to have control over these hills so they had an attack advantage on the British.

  • Invasion of Quebec

    Benedict Arnold, Richard Montgomery, Americans, and the British. Both leaders were going to attack but one winter Arnold had a bad time, his troops were forced to boil and eat candles, bark, and shoe leather for food, the Americans attacked Quebec during a bad snow storm but the attack was turned on Americans, after the British brought more soliers in they left. Quebec, Canada.

  • Olive Branch Petition

  • Battle for Fort Ticonderoga

  • The British withdrawl from Boston