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French and indian war
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The Begining of The French and Indian War
The first battle Washington defeats the French in a surprise attack. His troops retreat to Great Meadows and build Fort Necessity. -
The french Take Fort Necessity
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Washington Resigned
Washington's resignation Blamed for Fort Necessity, Washington resigns. He will later return as a volunteer under British authority. -
The Undefended Britain
British General Braddock's forces are defeated near Fort Duquesne in Pennsylvania, leaving the backwoods of British territory undefended -
Lake George
British Colonel William Johnson's forces win, making Johnson the first British hero of the war. -
Declarations Of War
Great Britain declares war on France. France declares war on Great Britain. -
Fort Oswego
he French capture this fort on the banks of the Great Lakes. -
Fort William Henry
The commander-in-chief of the French forces, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm takes Fort William Henry. The infamous massacre occurs, later dramatized in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. -
The French Take Fort Ticonderoga
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Luisbourg
The British seize Louisbourg, opening the route to Canada. -
Fort Frontenac
The French surrender this fort on Lake Ontario, effectively destroying their ability to communicate with their troops in the Ohio Valley. -
Peace
The British make peace with the Iroquois, Shawnee, and Delaware Indians. -
The British recapture Fort Duquesne
It is renamed "Pittsburgh." -
The British capture the French island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean
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The British take Fort Ticonderoga
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Slow Win
The British take Fort Niagara; the French abandon Crown Point. After these two victories, the British control the entire western frontier. -
Qubec
The British win the decisive Battle of Quebec. Montcalm and Wolfe, the commanding generals of both armies, perish in battle. -
French Siege of Quebec fails
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Montreal
Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada. -
The Functional end of the war
The British flag is raised over Detroit, effectively ending the war. -
the british make peace With the Indians
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French attempt to retake Newfoundland fails
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Smallpox
Men of the garrison at Fort Pitt infect besieging chiefs with blankets from the smallpox hospital. Soon faced with an epidemic, the Indians retreat. -
Treaty Of Paris
All French possessions east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans, are given to the British. All French possessions west of the Mississippi are given to the Spanish. France regains Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia -
Indian Wars
Pontiac, the Ottowa Chief, proposes a coalition of Ottowas, Potawatomies and Hurons for the purpose of attacking Detroit -
Battle Of Detroit
Pontiac's forces lay siege to Detroit. That summer, his allies destroy forts at Venango, Le Boeuf and Presque Isle. -
The Proclamation of 1763
issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Pontiac capitulates at Detroit
Indian power in the Ohio Valley is broken. -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), 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. -
Stamp Act
Passed by The British Parliment, the new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, victualling houses, and the houses of sellers of wine. Should there still be soldiers without accommodation after all such public houses were filled, the colonies were then required to take,hire and make fit for the reception of his Majesty’s forces. -
Boston Massacre
a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent to Boston in 1768 to enforce unpopular taxation measures passed by a British parliament that lacked American representation. -
Townshend Act
British government moves to mollify outraged colonists by repealing most of the clauses of the hated Townshend Act.Townshend's annual Revenue Act levied a controversial package of taxes on the colonists, including duties on lead, painters' colors, paper and tea. -
commites of correspondence
the Virginia House of Burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a standing committee for intercolonial correspondence. Within a year, nearly all had joined the network, and more committees were formed at the town and county levels. -
Tea Act
British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade. Because all legal tea entered the colonies through England, allowing the East India Company to pay lower taxes in Britain also allowed it to sell tea more cheaply in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
This famed act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. Seeking to boost the troubled East India Company, British Parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the Tea Act in 1773. While consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia rejected tea shipments, merchants in Boston refused to concede to Patriot pressure. Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. 3 major acts involved angered colonists.The first was the Boston Port Bill and it closed the Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the tea that they threw into the harbor.The Administration of Justice Act did not allow British soldiers to be tried in the colonies for any crimes they might commit. -
First Continental Congress
In response to the British Parliament’s enactment of the Coercive Acts in the American colonies, the first session of the Continental Congress convenes at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances and elected Virginian Peyton Randolph as the first president of Congress. Patrick Henry, George Washington, John Adams, and John Jay were among the delegates. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. -
Common sense
Originally published anonymously, “Common Sense” advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain and is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in American history. Credited with uniting average citizens and political leaders behind the idea of independence, “Common Sense” played a remarkable role in transforming a colonial squabble into the American Revolution. -
Declaration Of Independence
In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776.