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The Albany congress
The British government called a meeting with the Iroquois and Benjamin Franklin. This took place in Albany, New York. The British hoped they would make alliance with the Iroquois against the French. The Iroquois refused to make an alliance. The Iroquois thought the French would win the war against the British. -
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The French and Indian war
British, Iriqouis, and colonists vs French,the Huron,and Aligonquin. The war was fought for control of the Ohio river valley .The British won the war.The French lost their entire North American empire. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war. The French sign it because without Quebec they are defenseless. The terms of the Treaty of Paris is France ceded French Canada to Great Britain. Great Britian also gained all other French territory east of the Mississippi, with the exception of New Orleans. Britian also received Spanish Florida. All the French territory is west of the Mississippi,went to Spain. The French surrender and loose most of their land -
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. The Act required colonists to welcome soldiers into their house and take care of them. (give them food and supplies) colonists protested and complained that Parliament was violating their rights. -
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Pontiac's war
Pontiac and western Native Americans vs The British. Pontiac and his allies attacked British forts and settlements throughout the area. Almost half a dozen western British forts were destroyed and at least 2000 backcountry settlers were killed. The British killed Native Americans who had not attacked him. The British defeated Pontiac's forces in early August at a battle near Fort Pitt. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid wars with the Native Americans on the frontier. The Proclamation of 1763 banned colonial settlement west of the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. The settlers were told to move/live east of the line. This angered many of the colonist who believed they had the right to reside wherever they wanted. The Proclamation was widely ignored and proved impossible for the British to enforce. -
The Sugar Act
The British wanted to impose new taxes on the colonies. The Sugar Act put a duty on several products, including molasses. It also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. Colonial merchants protested. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kind of kinds of products and activities. The stamps had to be placed on newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance polices, land titles, contracts, and other documents. Philadelphia organized a boycott. The protest spread to every colony. The Protest worked. The Act repealed. -
The Intolerable Acts
The British gets mad after the Boston tea party. George||| called for tough action to make examples of the people of Boston and Massachusetts. The parliament passed 4 laws. These laws were harsh. 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, cut the powers of town meetings. Anyone accused of murdering a British Colonial can be tried in Britain. Fourth law powered the Quartering Act. -
The Boston Massacre
The boycott hurt British merchants and manufactures.They repealed all of the townshend duties except the one on tea. A crowd of workers surrounded a small group of soldiers . They shouted at them, threw snowballs, and rocks at the soldiers. The soldiers fired in the crowd. Killing 5 and wounding 6. Only 2 soldiers are having sever consequences. -
The Tea Act
It was intended to help the British East India Company. For many years, the company had made money growing tea in India and selling it in Britain and in the colonies. The colonial boycott of tea hurt the company. The Tea Act lowered the price of tea. Some colonist reacted angrily to the part of the act that gave the East India company a monopoly on selling British tea in the colonies. This heart merchants. Many colonial leaders also argued that even though the price of tea was lowered, pay tax. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group called the Sons of liberty organized in port cities to stop the East India company tea from being unloaded. They threatened ship captains who were bringing in the tea and colonial tea merchants who said they would buy it. Governor Thomas Hutchinson decided to make sure tea was unloaded. He didn't allow them to go to England. A large crowd gathered in the harbor. They disguised as Native Americans and boarded the ship. During 3hr they threw 342 cases of tea into the harborworth 90000 -
First Contiental Congress
12 of the colonies sent delegates. Only Georgia didn't send any representatives. There was John Adams and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts. John Jay from New York. George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia. The congress demanded the repeal of the Intolerable Acts and declared that colonists had a right to tax and govern themselves. Training of militias to stand up to British troops. Boycott on British goods. They would meet again in May 1775 if its demands were not met. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
General Thomas Gage set 700 troops to seize the arms and captured some important colonial leaders. The British ordered the Minutemen to go home. They refused. A shot rang out. Nobody knew who it came from. The British opened fire and killed 8 Americans. 400 Minutemen fought the British. They killed 3 British. As the British retreated 4000 Americans were shooting at them. By the time the British reached Boston almost 300 of them have been killed or wounded. -
The Second Continental Congress
Colonists still did not favor independence.At the same time some were ready to defend their rights against the British.The delegates include Thomas Jefferson,a lawyer from Virginia.Another was John Hancock,a Boston merchant,Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia.A group of delegates from New England wanted Independence.Middle colonies favored less action.All delegates felt they needed to prepare for war.First they needed to build an army. The Congress choose George Washington as commander.printed $ -
The Olive Branch Petition
This was sent out to King George. It said that the colonists were loyal to the king it asked him to stop fighting so all the disputes between the colonists and Britain could be solved peacefully. It has got its name from the olive branch, a symbol of peace sience the ancient times. The effort to make peace failed. King George did not bother to answer the Olive branch petition. Instead, he declared the colonies were in open...rebellion. -
Invasion of Quebec
The Americans attacked Quebec during a snowstorm. The attack was turned back. Montgomery was killed. The Americans stayed outside of Quebec. Weekend by disease and hunger the Americans Withdrew leaving Canada to the British. -
The British withdraw from Boston
in March Washington placed the cannons on high grounds over looking Boston. The British could no longer defend the city. The British withdrew from Boston by sea and never returned. -
The battle of fort Ticonderoga
Controlled the main route between Canada and the Hudson River valley. Held valuable weapons,especially cannons. They needed cannons because the British weapons were to strong. They seized several dozen cannons. Later those cannons moved moved to Boston where George Washington used them to drive British from the city -
Battles of Bunker and Breeds Hill
The British had 6,500 troops in Boston. There were about 10,000 Americans surrounding the city. About 1,600 of these troops were occupied by Breeds Hill overlooking the city. Where they were they could fire at their ships in Boston Harbor. Bunker Hill controlled by the Americans.