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Iroquois Confederacy Forms
The Iroquois Confederacy was the most powerful group of Native Americans in eastern north America. At that time, the confederacy included 6 nations- the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Tuscarora. Delegates- representatives- from seven colonies met with Iroquois Leaders in Albany, New York, in June 1754. -
Massachusetts puritans passed a public education law
the law required that communities with 50 or mores to have a public school -
Navigation Act regulates colonial trade
the Navigation Act made it to where the colonies could only export or import goods from Europe -
Parliament drew up the English Bill of Rights
the doc. stated that the ruler could not suspend the Parliament's laws, impose taxes, or raise an army without the Parliament's consent -
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French and Indian War
a war between the British and French in which the Indians allied with the french rather than the British, but even then the British won. the battle lasted 9 years. -
William Pitt becomes Prime Minister
Pitt was a great military planner. He sent more trained troops to fight in North America -
King George issues Proclamation of 1763
King George made a peace treaty with the Natives and made it to where colonists can't move beyond the colonial borders, and even got the militia to guard it -
Parliament passed the Sugar Act
this act lowered the tax on the molasses the colonists imported. Grenville hoped this change would convince the colonists to pay taxes instead of smuggling. The act also allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court. -
Boston Tea party
some colonial extremists dressed as Indians and dumped tons of tea off of some of the shipping boats -
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts
also known as, "The Intolerable Acts", the coercive acts were a series of laws made to punish the colonists for resisting British authority. One of the Coercive acts banned public meetings in Massachusetts. Another closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea. Following the Coercive acts, Parliament also passed the Quebec Act, which created a government for Canada and extended its territory all the way down to the Ohio River -
Continental Congress meets
all representatives of 12 out of the 13 colonies ( Georgia didn't send a representative) went to a meeting in which hen formed the Continental Congress. They did this to challenge British control and make a major step towards creating America's Independence. -
Battle @ bunker hill
more volunteers joined the colonial militias after Lexington and Concord. soon the militia around Boston numbered about 20,000 strong. Low on ammunition, Prescott ordered, "don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes."
