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1600 to 1800
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The Importance of Education
Children when to schools for an education just like we do today. They learned about the subjects we do but they also learned about the bible. -
The English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights boosted the parliamentary power. The Parliament removed King James the second from the throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband William to rule. -
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave Trade was when 10 million enslaved African Americans were transported to the Americas between the 1500s and the 1800s -
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was when enslaved African Americans came to the Americas for slave trades. -
The French and Indian War
In 1753 the French were making forts to proclaim their agreement for the land between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. This caught the attention of the Virginian colony. They also claimed the Ohio River Valley. This is when George Washington was recruited to go and tell the French to leave the area. -
The Albany Congress
The British expected a war to break out so they held a meeting in Albany, Newyork to meet with colonial leaders. They also invited the Iroquois tribes to the meeting. -
The Proclomation of 1763
Britain did not want to fight or dispute with the Native Americans anymore, so they made the Proclomation of 1763 and it banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the mountains named the Appalachian. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act put a duty or an import tax on several products including molasses and other products. -
The Stamp Act
A even more not tolerable act for the colonists was the Stamp Act. It required the colonists to buy stamps for products and activities. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was passed so colonists would have to house and feed the british troops. The colonists were not so happy about this and said that the Parliament was violating the colonists rights. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a protest. A big group of angry colonists hit the streets surrounding British troops. One of the angry colonists hit a british soldier and thats when several shots came out. -
The Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773 a group of colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded a tea ship and poured the tea into the harbor which was worth thousands of dollars. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were made because the king was angry about the Boston Tea Party. The first punishment was that they closed the port of Boston. Two others raised the power of the governors, and the last one was that they gave more power to the Quartering Act -
The Shot Heard Around The World
In April 18, 1775 in a town named Lexington, The British officer demanded the minutemen to leave and go back to where they came from. The minutemen refused and the British troops shot a round and it was the first shot of the American Revolution. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was getting ready for war against the British. The colonists were done getting pushed around and were ready to use force if needed to get there freedom. -
The Battle Of Bunker Hill
The colonists were getting ready for war against the British and the were standing on Bunker Hill and The british were on Breeds hill. A frenzy of angry colonists were fighting for their rights.
