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French and Indian War
a. The cause of the French and Indian war was land, bothe the British and the French wanted to expand their colonies into the west.
b. George Washington led an army against the French because the British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley to trade with the Native Americans. The French prevented the British from trading with the Indians.
c. British won the war, ending with the Treaty of Paris. Great Britain gained land and paying the war debts led to the American Revolution. -
Proclamation of 1763
a. At the end of the French and Indian war the British created a proclamation that reserved land West of the Appalachian Mountains for Indians
b. This affected the colonists because England began increasing taxes on colonists to help pay for the war debt. -
Stamp Act Congress of 1765
a. delegates from nine American colonies
b. met in New York city between October 7th and 25th of 1765
c. The purpose of the Stamp Act Congress was to protest against the British taxation.
d. The result of this meeting was the parliament could not tax the colonies because colonies did not have representative in parliament. -
Stamp Act 1765
a. George Grenville was responsible for the Stamp act
b. The Stamp act required all American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. This helped pay the war debt. This was parliament's first serious attempt to organize governmental authority over the colonies.
c. The Sons of Liberty was created to protect the rights of the colonists, Samuel Adams led this society to protesting against British stamp act agents. This delayed the start of the policies. -
Quartering Act of 1765
a. The Quartering act required colonists to provide food, drink, and living space to the British soldier in punishment towards the colonists for the Sons of Liberty. -
Sugar Act 1765
a. Parliament was responsible for the Sugar act.
b. This act was put out to try to control trade. England taxed sugar and molasses. England began taxing the colonists to help pay war debt for the french and Indian war.
c. The significance of the Sugar act was that it was the first tax on the American colonies.
d. The colonists were angry regarding the raise on taxes so the act was later repealed. This led to the Stamp act. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
a. The Declaratory Act led parliament to repeal the Stamp Act, declared the right to rule and tax the colonies. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
a. Charles Townshend, British parliament, and the American colonists were all involved in these acts.
b. The Townshend Acts imposed taxes on goods such as lead, paper, glass, and tea from England. The "writs of assistance" were warrants allowing customs officers to search ny house for smuggled goods.
c. The British still wanted to make money off the colonists for the war.
d. American colonists protested by boycotting the British goods. This caused the British merchants to loose money -
Boston Massacre
a. The protest towards the Townshend Acts were very violent in Boston. On March 5th of 1770 the British ran into a riot, they fired at the protesting crowd and killed five people. This led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
a. The Sons of Liberty was responsible for the Boston Tea Party
b. The Boston Massacre led to the Boston Tea Party because it united the colonies against the British.
c. Colonists dressed as natives and dumped 92,000 lbs of tea into the Boston Harbor.
d. The British passes the intolerable acts -
Intolerable Acts of 1774
a. The American colonists were mainly affected by the laws.
b. These laws were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
c. The Intolerable Acts shut the Boston Harbor which angered the colonists. -
The Fist Continental Congress
a. All the colonists except Georgia attended. Patrich Henry, George Washington, John Adams attnded.
b. Met in Philadelphia between September 5th to October 26th of 1774
c. The First Continental Congress was set up in response to the Intolerable Acts
d. This defended the colonies right to run their own government, and restricted military action unless attacked. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
a. The British were after their weapons
b. The colonial force that fought was untrained and angry militiamen
c. The casualties for the colonists were that 49 were killed , 39 were wounded, and 5 were missing. The casualties for the British were 73 were killed, 174 were wounded, and 26 were missing.
d. The significance of the Battle was that it was the first battle of the revolutionary war. -
The Second Continental Congress
a. The people who were involved were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, George Washington etc.as well as the thirteen colonies were involved in the meeting.
b. Met in Philadelphia between September 5th and October 26th of 1774
c.The purpose was to help coordinate the revolutionary war and move towards independence for the United States.
d. The result was that it led to Americas independence and the Olive Branch Petition, and the Declaration of Independence was written. -
Quebec Act
a. This law was passed right after the Intolerable Acts, it was passed by the parliament of Great Britain. The Purpose was to extend the boundaries of Quebec and granted religious freedom to Catholics. -
The Declaration of Independence
a. writer was Thomas Jefferson
b. The Declaration of Independence was signed August 2nd of 1776
c. The document formally announced the break with England
d. The main ideas of the Declaration were :
- "unalienable rights" which was life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
- unfair laws & taxes
- the social contract
e. The colonists moved toward independence -
Common Sense
a. author was Thomas Paine
b. Thomas Paine argued for independence from Britain and helped persuade undecided colonists to support independence
c. "Common Sense" was important because it eled influence the people to declare independence from Great Britain. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
a. The Battle of Bunker Hill occurred in Charlestown, Boston MA
b. The British stormed the hill three times but was forced to retreat
c. The outcome was the British won, but they lost 268 British soldiers and officers,828 were wounded. With the Americans 115 were killed and 305 were wounded.
d. This gave the colonists confidence they could win the war.
