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Ben Franklins “Join of Die”
Benjamin Franklin's Join or Die picture that he drew represented the colonies coming together. The picture meant if you cut up a snake it would die, if you put it back together and work together it will be alive. -
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History
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian war started in 1754 in the Ohio Valley and oddly the war was not between the French and the Indians it was between the French and the British The Indians were fighting along sides with the French. Most of the Indian tribes were fighting with the British. The war was fought for the land in the Ohio River and the control over North America. The war officially ended in 1763 when the Treaty of Paris was signed. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act by British Parliament, after the French and Indian War. They needed to tax things because after the war Britian was in debt. The Stamp Act placed tax on all British goods. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required colonists required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to all British soldiers. The Quartering Act was so offensive they had specific parts in the Decleration of Independence. Teh colonists were upset because of the indirect taxes. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacare was a bunch of colonists in front of the Boston Customs Store and were taunting the British soldierswith rocks, mud, and snow. The protesters called Patriots occupied their city with British troops. The British shot into a crowd and shot and killed 5 people one named Crispus Attucks, who they say started the Revolutionary War. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were rules or laws that were put on the colonists. most of them were put on Boston becasue Boston was the colony that had the most Patiots and they boycotted more in that colony. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when the British Parliament taxed the colonists on tea. As an attempt to rebel against Parliament the British refused to buy British tea. Rebellions called the Sons of Liberty dumped 45 tons of tea off an East India Tea Company. -
The formation of the Continental Army
The continental Army was an army made by the colonist to fight against the Brtish. the diference between them and the malitias are that the Continental Army was more organized and stonger than ever. -
Meeting of the First Continental Congress
The Meeting of the First Continental Congress was a meeting that was suppose to alk about the English Parliament. The meeting was made of 13 colonies. they were talking about the Englsih Parliament because the English Parliament just gave Boston Intolerable Acts becasue of what they did in Boston. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
This battle was very important to the Britains and the colonists. what this did to the British is it showed them how much firepower the colonists had and that colonists started riding ond horses to warn the other colonies when the British were coming. -
Meeting of the Second Continental Congress
The Meeting of the Second Continental Congress was just like the first one. the difference was that in the Second Meeting they were talking about if they should stay loyal with English Parliament and their taxes or start a new country. This resulted in the Declaration of Independence. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition is a petition sent to the king of england to ask for a last sign of peace -
Thomas Painne ( Common Sense)
Common Sense was a pamphelt writen by Thomas Paine. He wrote the Pamphelt because he wanted to state the good reasons of seperating from the British. such as they would have their own government. -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The signing of the Declaration of Independence was the most important day to the colonists on getting their independece from Britian. this day was important because the Declaration of Independence was the paper that gave them freedom and independence from Britain. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was a promise to the colonist. that promise meant that the colonists' rights were safe and protected now. they did that because they were just starting to become there own country because they got their independence from Britain. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Pairs was a pairs that ened the revoltionary war. The treaty settled out details about the land that Britain had and who it went to, but in the end the treaty made the British leave America.
