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The French and Indian War
*Note that the breakout did not start on the first of May, but sometime During May.
The war started because of the Thrive/Fight for land by what is now know as the canadian border. It was actually 9 years of war, but without it being declared, it was named the 7 year war. Ended with the signing of the Treaty de Paris. -
Stamp Act
"AN ACT for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same; and for amending such parts of the several acts of parliament relating to the trade and revenues of the said colonies and plantations, as direct the manner of determining and recovering the penalties and forfeitures therein mentioned." -USHistory.org -
Proclamation line of 1763
Issued by King George III, after the French and Indian war, which Forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountians. -
Sugar Act
Also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act. The Act (law) was established for improving the revenue of the British Kingdom. The "revenue should be raised ... for..." providing Money to pay "the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the Same. -
Currency Act
Started in the year 1751 to limit the colonies' ability to create thier own currency. The act finally went through the Parliament in 1764, assuming control of the Currency. -
Committees of Correspondence
In 1764, Boston formed the earliest Committee of Correspondence, writing to other colonies to encourage united opposition to Britain’s recent stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of American paper money. -
Stamp Act
AN ACT for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same; and for amending such parts of the several acts of parliament relating to the trade and revenues of the said colonies and plantations, as direct the manner of determining and recovering the penalties and forfeitures therein mentioned. -
The Quartering Act
On this day in 1765, Parliament passes the quartering act outlining the locations and conditions in which british soldiers were to find room and board in American Colonies. -
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
The Son's of Liberty. In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves, The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons Of Liberty. -
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Stamp Act Congress
There's a meeting held in New York City consisting of representatives from some of the british colonies in North America. -
TownShend Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. -
Non-importation Resolutions
The merchants and traders in the town of Boston having taken into consideration the deplorable situation of the trade, and the many difficulties it at present labours under on account of the scarcity of money, which is daily increasing for want of the other remittances to discharge our debts in Great Britain, and the large sums collected by the officers of the customs for duties on goods imported. USHistory.org -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, 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. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Act
After the French and Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. This eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party. In retaliation the British passed several punative acts aimed at bringing the colonies back into submission of the King. -
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First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
During the Short hours of April 19, 1775, Britain's General Gage would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were LEXINGTON, where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then CONCORD, where they would seize gunpowder. But word got out, then Two lanterns were placed to hang from Boston's North Church, inform the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. -
2nd Continental Congress
"When the Redcoats fired into the Boston crowd in 1775, the benefit of the doubt was granted. Now the professional imperial army was attempting to arrest patriot leaders, and minutemen had been killed in their defense. In May 1775, with Redcoats once again storming Boston, the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia." USHistory.org -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the American political tradition. It articulates the fundamental ideas that form the American nation: All men are created free and equal and possess the same inherent, natural rights. Legitimate governments must therefore be based on the consent of the governed and must exist “to secure these rights.” -Heritage.com
Whats Really on the Back of the Declaration of Independence!!! -
Reference
Information about this project is found in USHistory.com
& Wikipedia Time Line made by Zaqueri M., Zachary B., Laveisha M., & Matt E. -
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