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Albany Congress
In Albany the British called a meeting for the colonies leaders and the Iroquois tribes. They wanted to form a alliance with the Iroquois and wanted the colonist to defend themselves against the French. -
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The French and Indian war
The French,Huron and the Algonquin faced the British the colonist and the Iroquois. they were fighting for the Ohio River Valley. the British won the war and the French lost most of their lands in North America. -
Treaty of Parris
The French and British signed the treaty. The French lost almost al of their land including Canada and east of Mississippi. -
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Pontiac's War
The leader of the Ottawa Pontiac formed a alliance with the westerns Native Americans to fight the British. the Natives were trying very hard to keep their land from the British. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British wanted to avoid more war with the Natives so they issued the Proclamation of 1763. This banned the colonists to settle in the west of the line of the Appalachian mountains. -
The Sugar Act
The British imposed tax many products including molasses. It also put harsh punishment of smugglers. -
The Quartering Act
This act means that the colonists have to have a soldiers come and live with them. They have to give food to the soldier that is staying with them even if they don't want anyone to stay with them. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act made all the mad because there was no way around this tax because you needed a stamp on almost everything. You needed it on newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents. So there wer many protest and in Philadelphia, Boston and New York merchants organized a boycott of British goods and this. There was also a petition sent to the king about this so by 1766the act was taken away. -
The Boston massacre
There was an angry crowd of workers and sailors that was around a small group of soldiers,the angry soldiers were throwing snow balls at the soldiers then one soldier had enough and fired his gun. They killed five and wounded six. The first to fall was Crispus Attucks an Affrican American sailor. -
Tea Act
The British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The Act was to help the East India Company. the colonist were not mad about the prices but they were mad about the monopoly that the East India Company got. -
the Boston Tea Party
There was a group of colonist that were named the sons of liberty they formed in port cities and didn't allow the tea to get u unloaded in New York Philadelphia or other ports. -
the second continental
the second continental formed when the crisis with Britain deepened it came together in Philadelphia. The delegates included Thomas Jefferson from Virginia, John Hancock from Boston, and Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia they talk about what to do about the British some wanted declare independence but most of them wanted to build an army to fight the British. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
the colonist lead by Ethan Allen attack the fort early in the morning around the time the British soldiers woke up and since they had nothing to use they had to surrender almost immediately. -
Olive Brach Petition
This petition was sent to the king saying that they were still loyal to the king and trying to restore the peace between them. the king didn't even read this and said this is a free rebellion. -
Battles of Bunker and Breeds Hill
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