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Great Awakening
*The Great Awakening helped rededicate people to their religion and talk about politics.
*Church leaders feared the colonist's connection to their religion was fading.
*Church sermons and meetings were held by ministers and people became enthusiastic in religion
*Colonists agreed with the events occurring and supported the British ministers.
*This event led to many people becoming more religious and helped people realize the British rights were unfair. -
French and Indian War
*The French and Indian War changed the balance of power in North America
*Britain and France began to fight over possession of the Ohio Valley
*The British and French fought in a war against each other for land
*British colonies fought the French with an advantage to fight against their lack of unity
*The war ended to stop bloodshed and the British won the fight -
Proclamation of 1763
*The Proclamation divided the Indian and colonial lands to ban British colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
*Leaders feared the more fighting would take place on the frontier if fight continued to move onto Indian lands and to avoid the loss of life
*People were being told to move out of the Ohio River Valley and were banned to settle any further
*Many colonists hated this Proclamation and ignored it most of the time to expand the colonies -
Sugar Act
*The Sugar Act was the first law passed by Parliaments to raise money in the colonies
*The Parliament has to pay for damages made and supplies lost for the French and Indian War and needed a way to make the money
*Imported items such as molasses and sugars were given an extra tax
*The colonists believed that the taxes were unfair and began to boycott
*It ended because the boycotting damaged the British economy and led it to its downfall -
Stamp Act
*The Sugar Act was dismissed and substituted by the Stamp Act
*Prime Minister Grenville saw the complaining of the colonists, he decided to find another way to pay for expenses
*There was a seal on all papers, stamps, and parchments of all kinds that made colonists pay extra taxes
*The British rebelled and formed the Sons of Liberty that used violence to scare away tax collectors
*It ended when the Prime Minister passed the Declatory Law that allowed colonies to make their own laws -
Townshend Act
*This act helped lead to the formation of a group of women who helped boycott against British goods
*The Parliament still had to pay for the War and had to tax people more to get money
*The Parliament placed a tax for glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea, and they used writs of assistance
*The colonies responded with a large boycott with help form the Daughters of Liberty
*The British soldiers were sent to handle angry mobs in which one occurred and led to the Boston Massacre -
Boston Massacre
*This event led to more tension between the Bostonians and soldiers
*A soldier sentry was not welcome by a civilian and when the civilian was struck, tension exploded
*Soldiers shot at and angry mob killing 5 people
*The Bostonians had a trial and charged the soldiers for murder
*Tension became less tense and resulted in fewer violent outbreaks and quieting the determined protesters -
Tea Act
*It was important because tea was one of the most purchased imported good and a tax was being put on it
*The parliament thought that if they repealed the Townshend Act and just keeping the extra tea tax, it would reduce tension
*Tea was still being given a tax to pay for the French and Indian War
*The colonies opposed the tax and thought it would threaten the colonial business
*It led to the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
*This event made clear to the Parliaments that the colonists did not want these extra taxes
*The Parliament did not do anything on the tax on tea which made the Bostonians angry. A ship came in with imported tea and was left on the dock for weeks.
*90,000 pounds of tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor by Indian-disguised colonists on December 16th
*The British were satisfied and happy that a lot of tea was dumped
*It lead up to making the Parliament mad and the Intolerable Acts -
Intolerable Acts
*The acts were made as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party
*The New British Prim Minister was angered at the amount of tea wasted
*4 things followed- 1:The Boston Harbor was shutdown 2:The Massachusetts Charter was cancelled 3:Trials of royal colonial officials were moved to Britain 4:People were forced to house British soldiers and supply them
*Colonists were angered and wrote pamphlet, and they gathered together to find a way to respond
*This resulted in the Battle of Lexington/Concord -
Battle of Bunker Hill
*It was a moral victory for the colonists despite the superior British firepower, they could withstand a frontal assault from the British army
*After the Battle of Concord, the British withdrew to Boston, where minutemen surrounded the city. Once reinforcements arrived, the colonial forces held Boston under a siege
*The colonists fought and surround the British but were still outnumbered
*They were low on gunpowder but still tried
*The colonists lost but it led to the Porchester Heights -
Battle of Lexington/Concord
*It was the result of the Intolerable Acts when the colonists found a way to respond and stand up for their rights
*Colonists were sick of the treatment they were receiving and wanted to be treated right so they took action
*Minutemen fought the British to protect their weapons that were being confiscated
*The colonists decided to shoot after the other group shot but did not know who shot the shot "heard around the world"
*It ended in a few minutes and led to many more casualties -
Common Sense
*This event was an argument to break away from the Great Britain
*Thomas Paine, a writer, was angry at Britain and started to rebel against them
*The Common Sense talks about Independence and how colonists should make their own decisions
*Colonists began to agree and changed their attitudes to Britain
*This event led to the Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
*It was important because it declared independence for our country and justice to the unjust
*The colonists wanted to explain that they were fighting to become and independent country
*56 men, some war leaders, gathered to sign a document written by Thomas Jefferson and declare independence
*The colonists felt they should do something about their rights and wanted to secure their rights through government -
Battle of Saratoga
*It was a win for the Patriots because they won at an advantage
*Burgoyne was outnumbered by many of the patriots so it was seen as an advantage to attack them
*It was a battle between Burgoyne and the Patriots who won in Saratoga
*The Patriots were excited to hear that they won and one individual writing in his diary said it was "the most brilliant page in American History!"
*This battle led to the foreign countries help to the Patriots -
Battle of Yorktown
*This battle was one of the major last battles fought between the British and Patriots
*They saw a chance to fight when they could prevent British ships for coming in to help the British army
*16,000 patriot soldiers fought a large British army and won
*The British won and were free from the grasp of Britain
*This event ended after the British surrendered and led to the Treaty of Paris -
Treaty of Paris
*Citizens of America were acknowledged to possess absolute freedom and independence
*The Battle of Yorktown led to the British's loss who wanted to make peace after
*The Continental Congress made a negotiation with the British and make a treaty
*The British colonies were excited to be free from the British's hold
*The event led to freedom and independence of the colonies
