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Albany Congress
The British had a meeting of colonial leaders because they were expecting war to break out very soon. The British wanted to form an alliance with the Iroquois against the french. They didn't want too. This all had happened in Albany, New York, 1754. Benjamin Franklin drew a picture of a chopped up snake with the warning "join or die". That was for the council to see. They didn't approve. -
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French and Indian War
The French began building forts to back their claim to the land between Lake Erin and the Ohio River. The news alarmed the Virginia Colony, which had also claimed the Ohio River Valley. So they sent out soldiers to order the French to leave. They sent out George Washington. When he returned, he had said that the French rejected his warning. He went out a year later and it was too late. The French already had forts up. So war had started. -
The Quartering Act
The purpose of the Quartering Act was to save up money. To enforce the Proclamation of 1763, Britain kept about almost 10,000 soldiers in the colonies. The act had colonists help British troops and provide them with food and other supplies. The colonists didn't like that very much. The colonists protested angrily. So, once again, the colonists complained that Parliament was violating their rights. -
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Pontiac's War
In the Pontiac's War, Pontiac formed an alliance of western Native Americans. In May 1763, Pontiac and his allies attacked the British forts and the settlements throughout that area. About half a dozen British forts were destroyed and about 2,000 back country settlers were killed. The British, after all that, they came back and reacted viciously and they even killed Native Americans who didn't even attach them. The British defeated all of Pontiac's forts in early August war. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British wanted ton avoid anymore further wars, so they made the Proclamation of 1763. On the west, they drew a line along the Appalachian Mountians were colonial settlers weren't aloud. So they told the settlers that they had to move to the east of the line. The colonial settlers didn't agree with that. So they ignored and proved impossible for the British to enforce. -
Sugar Act
The British made the SugarAct to impose new taxes on the colonies. When the Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which put a duty or imposed tax, on several products, including molasses. It was also a harsh punishment for smugglers. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is a very unpopular law passed by Parliament in the early 1765. The Stamp Act was requiring that all of the colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. the Stamps had to be put on everything. Newspapers, wills, contracts, licences, and much more other documents. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, 17707, in Boston, a very angry crowd of workers and sailors surrounded a small group of soldiers. They shouted and threw stuff like snowballs and rocks at them. The soldiers were very frightened and soon fired into the crowd, killing five people and wounding six. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
An important battle took place in northern New York. A band of colonists made a surprising attack on Fort Ticonderoga. Ethan Allen, a blacksmith had 83 men reach the fort by crossing the lake at night and surprising the British in the morning. The fort had 42 British troops guarding the fort and almost immediately surrendered. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Secondary Continental Congress hoped that peace would happen between the British and the American colonists. The first solution was the Olive Branch Petition. It got its name from a petition showing a symbol of peace. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was starting to act like a government. They were divided about what to do, but then a group of delegates from New England wanted to declare