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French and Indian War
France and Britain were fighting in Europe. The war was now spreading to North America, this lasted until 1763. -
Albany Congress
The British government asked colonial representatives to meet in Albany to delvope a tready with the Native Americans and plan Defence against France. This lasted Until July 11th 1754 to discuss better relations with the Indian tribes. -
Capture of Fort Necessity by the French
One of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George Washington's only military surrender. Washington built Fort Necessity on an alpine meadow west of the summit from the pass through the Allegheny Mountains. -
General Braddock's defeat at Fort Duquesne
The Indians fighting for the French. General Edward Braddock commanded the British force and Monsieur Langlade and Monsieur de Beaujeu and Monsieur Dumas commanded the French and Indian force. -
Recapture of Fort Duquesne
The recapture of Fort Duquesne, ever since the disgraceful failure of that first attempt, had been the one object nearest to Washington's heat. forts built to protect the Cherokee homeland proved to be a Trojan horse. -
Battle of Quebec
The French and Indian War also known as the Seven Year War. A brudal and sad war. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
The Indian tribes of the Ohio Valley were surprised and angered by the defeat of their French allies in the French and Indian War. The natives were in possession of their homelands and had little feeling of loss during their association with Frenchmen -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act, which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Currency Act
The colonies suffered a constant shortage of currency with which to conduct trade. There were no gold or silver mines and currency. -
Quartering Act
Quartering Acts ordered the local governments of the American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers. They were amendments to the Mutiny Act, which had to be renewed annually by Parliament. -
Stamp Act
Direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp -
Boston Massacre
street fight that occurred between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a group of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea Act
Passed by Parliament would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company -
Coercive (Intolerable) Act
Used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States. -
First Continental Congress
Met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. -
Boston Tea Party
Direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts. Against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies
