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Ft Trent
In 1754 Ft Trent was attacked by french forces under the command of Claude-Pierre Pecaudy de Contrecoeur. -
Albany Congress
The Albany Congress was called by colonists to deal with two issues: Iroquois against the colonies and the presence of hostile French forces and their Indian allies to the west of the English colonies. The plan was turned down because the colonies did not want one single goverment. -
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Seven years war
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Pontiac's rebellion
In Apr., 1763, a council was held by the Native Americans on the banks of the Ecorse River near Detroit; there an attack on the fort at Detroit was planned. In an attempt by the British to surprise Pontiac’s camp, the battle of Bloody Run was fought on July 31, 1763, with great loss to the British -
Sugar Act
The act only affected merchants, because thy were the only ones buying and selling it.The tax increased taxes on products like coffee. It also banned importation of rum and French wines. This was another big act by Parliament. -
Stamp Act
. The stamp act affected everyone in the colony,The poor got poorER and the rich got richer; which caused a mod of poor people fighting over taxation law. -
Boston Massacre
About 8 Boston colonists were killed during a protest by British soldiers. The event angered many colonists of all colonists. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act stated Britain's right to legislate on and tax its colonies.The Act was passed to make sure that they had control of the colonies. -
Tea Act
The East Indian Company wasn't doing so well, and the British wanted to give it some more business, so they created a Tea Act that would only benefited the East India Company,by making American colonists buy no tea unless it came from that company.But the American colonists saw this law as yet another means of "taxation without representation" because it meant that they couldn't buy tea from anyone else. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an example of how far Americans were willing to go to speak out for their freedom. Thay dumped 1 million dollars worth of british tea into the ocean. Colonists were not very happy with the crown. -
Intorelable Acts
Response to the Boston Tea Party. The laws were these: Impartial Administration of Justice ActMassachusetts Bay Regulating ActBoston Port ActQuartering ActQuebec Act -
Lexington
First shots of the war were fired. Nobody knows who fired them. -
Second Continental Congress
This meeting was called mainly to prepare for war. Geroge Washington was named Commander in Cheif of the Continental army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Announced that the thirteen colonies at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Battle of Long Island
Washington had built batteries on Manhattan and Long Island to prevent the British fleet penetrating past New York. -
Battle of Saratoga
General John Burgoyne wanted to take away New York from the colonies. -
V alley Forge
The site was a winter encampent of the Continental Army. It seen as Washingtons most horrible decision by his soldiers. -
Battle of Yorktown
American forces under Greene and Commander-in-Chief George Washington attacked Cornwallis by land while French ships surrounded the british. Faced with the prospect of no reinforcements, Cornwallis stood and fought.This victory led to America winning the war. -
Paris Peace Treaty
The treaty made the Brisish agreed to remove all of its troops from the new nation and set new borders for the United States.The U.S. allowed survivors to go back to England and payed all debts to the crown. -
George Washington
George Washington was named the first president of the United States of America.
