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Albany congress
The british waned the colonies to agree to cooperate in defending themselves against the french. Also the british wanted the iroquios to join them against the french but the irouquios refused -
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French and indian war
French/indians vs British colonist and the Iroquios both wanted control of the Ohio river valley. The british deafeted the french. also in the piece treaty the british and the french agreed that the britsh would have all control of the ohio river valley. also pretty much all french land in the americas. -
The Quartering Act
The purpose for the quartering act was to save money. To enforce the proclamation -
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Pontiacs war
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Proclamation of 1763
The British wanted to avoid further wars with the native Americans on the frontier. there fore, the British government issued the Proclomation of 1763. it banned coloial settlments west of the line drawn along the appalachian mountains. -
Sugar act
The British effort to impose new taxes on the colonies began in 1764 when parlimant passed the sugar act on several products including molasses. It also called for harsh punishment of smugglers -
Stamp Act
The stamp act required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. The stamps had to be placed on newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance, policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents. -
Boston Massacre
An angry crowd surrounded a small group of soldiers. They shouted and threw snowballs and rocks at them. The frightened crowd, killing five and wounding six. -
The Tea Act
The tea act actually lowered the prices of tea by allowing the East India company to ship tea directly to the colonies. Prior to the tea act the tea first had to be shipped to Britain. Fredrick north, the prime minister of England felt the colonists should not object the tea act since the price of tea was lowered. -
The Boston Tea Party
A large crowd gathered at the harbor. Suddenly a large group of men disguised as native american's boarded the tea ship. during the next 3 hours they threw 342 cases of tea into the harbor. as the crowd cheered and shouted the raiders destroyed 90,000 pounds of tea. Worth thousands of dollars. -
The Intolerable Act
Parliament passed 4 laws. These laws were so harsh that colonists called them intolerable Acts. The first act closed the port of Boston Two others increased the powers of the royal governor abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature and cut the powers of town meetings. Now anyone accused of murdering a British colonial official could be tried in Britain rather than in the colonies. Finally a fourth law strengthened the 1765 quartering act. -
The First Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates . only Georgia did not send a representatives among the delegates were john Adams and Samuel Adams from Massachusetetts john jay from new york and george washington and patrick henry from virginia. -
The Second Continental Congress
The congress at first was divides about what to do. A group of delegates from new England wanted to declare independents. A moderate group from the middle colonies favored less drastic action. -
Battle For Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was important for two reasons. It controlled the main route to Canada and the Hudson river valley. It also held valuable weapons, especially cannons to match the British weapons. When the green mountain boys took the fort they seized several dozen cannons. Later those cannons were brought to Boston where George Washington used them to drive the British from the city. -
Olive Branch Petition
The petition stated that the colonist's were loyal to the king. it asked George to stop the fighting so all disputes between the colonists and Britain could be solved peacefully. -
Battles Of Bunker and Breeds Hill
The first British attack was a failure. so did the second the third attack succeeded because the colonists/patriots ran out of ammunition and had to retreat. The British one the battle but in terrible costs. -
Invasion of Quebec
The american's attacked Quebec during a huge snow storm. The attack was turned back. Montgomery was killed, and Arnold was wounded. -
The British Withdrawal From Boston
The British could no longer defend the city. They withdrew from Boston by the sea and never returned.