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Albany Congress
The British government called a meeting for all of the
colonial leaders. It took place in Albany, New York. The British also invited Iroquois tribes for a meeting.They hoped to form an alliance but the Iroquois refused to make a alliance because they expected the French to win. The colonial leaders tried to work out a plan to defend themselves. Ben Franklin drew up a plan. That the council would have authority over western settlements and other urgent matters.Witch The Albany Congress approved. -
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French and Indian War
In the War the French / NA ,s vs the British they were fighting for control of the Ohio River Valley.The British won the war and France lost the entire empire in North America -
Treaty of Paris
The British and the French signed the Treaty of Paris. The French surrendered, French Canada to Great Britain, Great Britain also gained all other territory east of the Mississippi with the exception of New Orleans -
The Quartering Act
Parliament passed the Quartering Act, the purpose of the Quartering Act was to save money. To enforce the Proclamation of 1763, Britain kept about 10,000 soldiers in the colonies. That required colonists to quarter , or house, British troops and provide them with food and other complained that Parliament was violating their rights. -
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of the Pontiac's War
The leader of the Ottawa nation, Pontiac, formed an alliance of western Native Americans. In May 1763, Pontiac and his allies attacked British forts and settlements throughout the area. The British finally defeated Pontiac 's forces in early August at a battle near Fort Pitt. Pontiac continued to fight for another year, but by the fall of 1764, the war was over. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid further wars with the Native Americans. Therefore, the British government issued the proclamation of 1763. It banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains and settlers were told they had to move to a location east of that line. -
Sugar Act
The British effort to impose new taxes on the colonies began in 1764 when parliament passed the Sugar Act, which put a duty or import tax on several products, including molasses and colonial merchants. -
Stamp Act
An even more unpopular law was the Stamp Act, passed by Parliament in early 1765. The Stamp Act required colonists to buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products like newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance police, land titles, contracts, and other documents. -
The Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, in Boston, an angry crowd of workers and sailors surrounded a small group of soldiers. They shouted at the soldiers and threw snowballs an rocks at them. The frightened soldiers fired into the crowd, killing 5 and wounding 6. -
Tea Act
The British Parliament passed the Tea Ac. It was intended to help the British East India Company. The Tea Act actually lowered the price of tea by allowing the East India Company to ship tea directly from the colonies.Some colonists reacted angrily. -
The Boston Tea Party
A large group of men disguised as Native Americans gathered by the harbor and boarded the tea ship. During the next three hours, they threw 342 cases of tea into the harbor witch cost thousands of dollars. -
Intolerable Acts
The Boston Tea Party outraged the British government. Parliament passed four laws called the closed the port of Boston, increased powers of the royal governor, abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, and cut the power of town meetings. These acts were called the Intolerable Acts. -
First Continental Congress
The meeting, known as the First Continental Congress, took place in Philadelphia. The 12 out of the 13 colonies sent delegates, only Georgia did not send representatives. Among the delegates were John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Jay, George Washington and Patrick Henry. -
The Battles of Lexington Concord
The British sent 700 troops to seize the arms and capture some important colonial leaders. Paul Revere and William Dawes, then rode through the night to warn the minutemen. Five miles away from Concord in the town of Lexington, about 77 minutemen were waiting when the British arrived. The British ordered the minutemen to go home. They refused. Suddenly, a shot rang out. Nobody knows who fired it, but it turned out to be the shot of the American Revolution. -
The Second Continental Congress
The delegates included Thomas Jefferson, a young lawyer from Virginia, Boston merchant John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia. The Congress chose George Washington as a commander of the newly formed Continental army. The Second Continental Congress was starting to act like a government. -
Battle For Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was important for two reasons. It controlled the main route between Canada and the Hudson River Valley. It also held valuable weapons, especially cannons. -
Battles of Bunker and Breeds Hill
The colonists occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, two highest points near Charles Town, witch was across the harbor from Boston.The battle that took place there the following morning fueled the colonists. -
Olive Branch Petition
The petition stated that the colonists were loyal ton the king. It asked George to stop fighting so all disputes between the colonists and Britain could be solved peacefully. -
The British withdrawal from Boston
Washington knew he had to build a regular army and also needed powerful weapons, witch he had the british cannons, that had been seized at Fort Ticonderoga. They Dragged the cannons on sleds to Boston that took 3 months. Washington placed the cannons on high ground overlooking Boston witch the British could no longer defend the city, they withdrew from Boston by sea and never returned. -
Invasion of Quebec
The Americans attacked Quebec during a snowstorm. The attack was turned back. Montgomery was killed, and Benedict Arnold was wounded. The Americans stayed outside Quebec until May 1776, when the British landed new forces in Canada. Weakened by disease and hunger, the Americans withdrew, leaving Canada to the British