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The Malasses Act
The Molasses Act was a few different Britsh laws. It put a tax of six pence per gallon on Molasses, nine pence per gallon on rum and five shillings every one hundred pounds of sugar. This tax encouraged smuggling even with its high taxes. Later, it gets replaced by the Sugar Act. -
The Start of the French and Indian War
The start of the French and Indian War (also known as the seven-years war) was actually caused by George Washington and the Native American he teamed up with, the half-king. After a few incidents, the half-king killed the leader of the French envoy, which eventually led into the bloodiest war of the 18th century, between the British and the French and Indians. -
French and Indian War
The war was over the Ohio River Valley. The French and British both wanted control over North America and American Trade Route. British thought the Colonies helped to provoke the war. The British wanted the Colonies to repay the war dept. The dept was 8 million dollars. The French and Indian War (called 7 year war in Europe) ends with the Treaty of Paris. The end of the French and Indian War happend in 1763, in which the British had victory. The war had lasted 9 years, and was a worldwide war. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed on February 10, 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. In North America, France ceded most of its mainland possessions to Britain. Spain also ceded its Florida territory to the British. Transfer of North American territory to Great Britain following the war ushered in an era of British colonial dominance in North America. -
Proclomation Line
King Georgii makes the proclomation line of 1763 which closes the Ohio River to Colonists. -
Sugar and Malasses Act
A Parliament passed of a modified version of the Sugar and Mallasses Act. The Sugar Act reduced the tax of six pence per gallon to three pence per gallon. it reduced the trade with Madeira, Azores, Canay Islands and Haiti. The Sugar Act is an indirect tax, which is added to the cost. Also it gave soldiers a right to writs of assistence. -
Stamp Act
George Grenville rose in Parliament and offered fifty-five revolutions of his Stamp Bill. The bill was passed by Feb 17th, approved by the Lords on March 8th two weeks later, ordered in affect by the King. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed on March 22nd, 1765. The colonists greeted the Act with outrage and violence. Most colonists tried to boycot British goods and organized attacks on customhomes and homes of tax collectors. After months of protest Benjamin Franklin presented before the British House of Commons. Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1776. -
Boston Massacre
It was a street fight. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in extra soldiers. They were attacked so the soldiers fired into the mob killing around 20 on the spot. -
Paul Revere's Ride
On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. After being rowed across the Charles River to Charlestown by two associates, Paul Revere borrowed a horse from his friend Deacon John Larkin. While in Charlestown, he verified that the local "Sons of Liberty" committee had seen his pre-arranged signals. -
Paul Revere's Ride Continued
he verified that the local "Sons of Liberty" committee had seen his pre-arranged signals. (Two lanterns had been hung briefly in the bell-tower of Christ Church in Boston, indicating that troops would row "by sea" across the Charles River to Cambridge, rather than marching "by land" out Boston Neck. Revere had arranged for these signals the previous weekend, as he was afraid that he might be prevented from leaving Boston). -
Paul Revere's Ride Continued
On the way to Lexington, Revere "alarmed" the country-side, stopping at each house, and arrived in Lexington about midnight. As he approached the house where Adams and Hancock were staying, a sentry asked that he not make so much noise. "Noise!" cried Revere, "You'll have noise enough before long. The regulars are coming out!" After delivering his message, Revere was joined by a second rider, William Dawes, who had been sent on the same errand by a different route. -
Paul Rever's Ride Continued
Deciding on their own to continue on to Concord, Massachusetts, where weapons and supplies were hidden, Revere and Dawes were joined by a third rider, Dr. Samuel Prescott. Soon after, all three were arrested by a British patrol. Prescott escaped almost immediately, and Dawes soon after. Revere was held for some time and then released. Left without a horse, Revere returned to Lexington in time to witness part of the battle on the Lexington Green. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord Continued
They would seize gunpowder. But spies and friends of the Americans passed on word of Gage's plan. Two lanterns hanging from Boston's North Church informed the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. A series of horseback riders — men such as Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott — galloped off to warn the countryside that the Regulars (British troops) were coming. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord and MInute Men.
Britain's General Gage had a secret plan. During the wee hours of April 19, 1775, he sent 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 spies and friends of the Americans pssed the word on of Gage's plan. Two lanterns hanging from Boston's North Church informed the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. -
The battle of Bunker Hill
Howe may have believed that the Americans would retreat in the face of a smashing, head on attack. He was wrong. His people's ships ope fired on the Americans. Early in the afternoon, 28 barges of the British soldiers crossed the Charles River and stormed the hills. The Americans waited until the British were within 15 paces, and then released a bloody fusillad. Scores of British troops were killed or wounded; the rest retreated down the hill. On the third try they finally won but lost soldiers. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The next morning, The British were astonishedritish had to see the colonists threatening them. The British military demanded that the British had to attack the Americans, even though the Americans were in a dominante position in miletary ( The Americans had sodiers and cannons pointing down on the British). Major General Willeam Howe, who was leading the British military, could have simply surrounded the Americans with his ships by sea but decided to walk his troop uphill. -
Bunker Hill
The next morning, the British were stunned to see Americans threatening them. In the 18th century, British military custom demanded that the British attack the Americans, even though the Americans were in a superior position militarily (the Americans had soldiers and cannon pointing down on the British). Major General William Howe
William Howe was the commander in chief of the British army at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Major General William Howe, leading the British forces, could have easily su -
Decloration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the American political tradition. It expresses the fundamental ideas that form the American nation: All men are created free and equal and occupy the same inherent, natural rights. Legitimate governments must therefore be based on the consent of the governed and must exist “to secure these rights. As a practical matter, the Declaration of Independence announced to the world the unanimous decision of the thirteen American colonies to -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was an American Revolutionary War battle fought between the Continental Army, led by Horatio Gates, and the British Army, commanded by John Burgoyne, from September 19 to October 17, 1777, on the Hudson River, in Saratoga, New York. It consisted of two military engagements: the Battle Freeman’s Farm and the Battle of Bemis Heights, and the final British surrender at Saratoga on October 17. -
The Battle of Saratoga
In order to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies, General John Burgoyne had advanced south from Canada, toward Albany, where his forces would be reinforced by Red Coats, under General Howe. However, his advance was slowed down because of logistical complications. On September 19, Burgoyne’s forces defeated the Continental Army, under Horatio Gates, at Freeman’s Farm. Eighteen days after his victory, Burgoyne’s army was attacked by the American forces at Bemis Heights. -
The Battle of Saratoga
; the British were forced to fall back when the Americans captured a redoubt (defensive fortification) on a slope defended by 320 Hessian and British troops under Heinrich von Breymann, breaching the British first line. About 1,000 Red Coats were killed. Having retreated, Burgoyne’s troops were surrounded by a larger American army. Finally, on October 17, the British General surrendered.
