events leading to the revolutionary war

By jocelyn2434

  • The Albany Congress

    -Expecting war to break out soon the British government called a meeting of the colonial leaders
    -The meeting took place in Albany, New York.
    -They invited the Iroquois to alliance with them to go against the french but the Iroquois said no.
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    French and Indian war

    -The French/ Indians vs. British Colonist/ Iriquois
    -Both places wanted control of the Ohio River Valley
    -The British Colonies one the war against the French

  • The Treaty of Paris

    -In February 1763 British and France signed the Treaty of paris.
    -France lost almost all of its North American possessions
    -The French surrendered French Canada to the Great Britain.
    -This ended the war with the French And the British.
    -All the people West of the Mississippi went to Spain.

  • The Quartering Act

    -Parliament passed the Quartering act in 1763.
    - It was to save money.
    - Britain kept about 10,000 soldiers in the colonies, it required the colonist to have to house the British soldiers and provide food and other supplies.
    -The colonist protested angerily once again saying that the Parliament was violating their rights.
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    Pontiacs War

    -Pontiac and his allies attacked British forts and settlements through out the area
    -At least 2000 back country settlers were killed
    -They attacked in May 1763

  • Proclamation of 1763

    -The British didn't want anymore war so they issued the proclamation of 1763
    -It banned settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
    - That made settlers that thought they had to right to reside mad.
    -The proclamation was widely ignored

  • The Sugar Act

    -The Sugar Act was to put taxes on several products in the colonies around 1764
    - It was also a harsh punishment for smugglers.
    -Colonial merchants who sometimes traded in smuggled goods protested.

  • Stamp Act

    -The stamp act required that all colonist buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities in 1765, the stamps had to be placed on newspapers, wills, license, insurance and other documents.
    -in October, deligates from nine colonies met in New York for the stamp act congress. They sent a petition addressed to the king and Parliament, that demanded the end of both the sugar act and the stamp act.
    - The protest worked in 1766 the Parliament released the Stamp act.

  • The Boston Massacre

    • in 1770 the Parliament released all the taxes except the one on tea, that tax was left in force to demonstrate the Parliaments right to tax.
    • Parliament had not acted in time, on March 5th 1770, in Boston, an angry crowd surrounded a small group of soldiers, on of them got frightened and fired at the crowd, killing five and wounding six.

  • The Tea Act

    -In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act. It was to help the British East India Company, one of their most important companies.
    -Even though they lowered the price of tea by letting the company ship the tea directly to the colonies, prior to the Tea Act, the tea had to be sent to Britain first.
    -The colonist reacted angerly, but the prime minister of England thought it was fair because the price of the tea was lowered.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    -In 1773, a group of colonist called the Sons of Liberty organized in port cities to atop the East India Company tea from being unloaded.
    -They did all they could from going as far as threatening the people that may buy it to the people bringing it to the colonies.
    -The governor Thomas Hutchinson decided to make sure the tea was unloaded, but the night of December 16th a large crowd disguised as Native Americans boarded the tea ship and threw 342 cases of tea into the harbor.

  • Intolerable Acts

    -This event happened because of the Boston Tea Party, it out raged King George III, in result of this incident, parliament passed 4 laws. These laws were so harsh the Colonist called them intolerable.
    -Two of the laws were to make the power of the royal governor increase.
    -The other two were, if you got charged from murder if a British colonial official you are to be tried in Britain. The other one was to strengthen the Quartering Act in 1775.
    -They also set up the Quebec act.

  • The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

    -The fort stood at the southern end of Lake Champlain and protected the water route to Canada. Leading the force was Ethan Allen, a blacksmith.
    -The fort was important for two reasons, it controlled the main route between Canada and the Hudson River valley. It also held valuable weapons, especially cannons.

  • The Second Continental Congress

    -In May, 1775, The Second Continental Congress came together in Philadelphia.
    -Even after the battles of Lexington and Concord, most colonist did not favor independence, they were still ready to use force to defend their rights against the British.
    -The people there were Thomas Jefferson, a young lawyer from Virginia; Boston merchant John Hancock and Ben Franklin of Philadelphia.

  • Battles of Bunker and Breeds Hill

    -British General William Howe decided to attack strait up Breed's Hill, the Americans waited till they were at the top of the hill, and then shot at them. 1000 were killed or wounded.
    -The first attack failed, the second attack failed, but the third time the British came up the won, but at a terrible cost. They lost a lot of men. Plus it did not solve Britain's problem.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    -A petition created in 1775 that stated that the colonist were loyal to the king. It asked George to stop fighting so all disputes between the colonist and the British could be solved peacefully.