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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war about the British fighting France for more land but the French wanted to keep their land.
The British purpose was to ight the French because they wanted to expand their territory further.
The war went on until 1763.
The colonits were angry because the British weren't letting the colonists go over the mountians. Only because it wasn't safe for them to go over the mountians. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris helped Britian claim all of the land east of the Mississippi River and pushed France out of North America.
The British purpose was to gain controlof more land for expansion.
The colonists started moving eastward but were stopped by the Indians when they started to attack called, "The Proclamation of 1763. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Poclamation of 1763 helped to keep the colonists safe from the Indians.
The British purpose was to send troops to the mountians to keep the colonists from crossing over.
The colonists were angry because they were being restricted and were not happy about having to pay for protection either. that the -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a law that placed taxes on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonists.
The British purpose was to earn more money from the taxes because they were broke from the French and Indian War.
The colonists boycotted their rights and one of the famous sayings is, " No taxation without representation." -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a stamp that proved that the colonists had paid for the food or thing that was being taxed.
The British purpose was to make sure that the colonists paid their taxes.
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Writs of Assistance
The Writs of Assistance let the British officers search homes and ships for untaxed goods.
The British purpose was to find and get the smuggled goods in gomes or on ships.
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Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act was an act that placed taxes on regular house hold items.
So the British could gain more money to pay off the war.
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Quarting Act
The Quarting Act made the colonists house, feed and care for the soldiers.
But the British was only trying to give the colonists protection.
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a fight between the British and the colonists that had broken out on the street of Boston,and as a result the soldiers killed five colonists.
The British purpose was to show them that they werent afaid and they were protecting themselves.
The colonists reacted by Samuel Adams talking to the anti-British and calling this event the Boston Massacre, and by having two soldiers found guilty. -
Tea Act/Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act/Boston Tea Party was when tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the tea trade beacause the British east India Company lowered their tea prices and the company monopolized, or controlled the tea sales in the colonies.
The British purpose was to tax the tea to get more money to pay off the war.
The colonists and reacted to what is now known as the Boston Tea Party.
The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The In tolerable Acts was when the British had banned all of their water transportation and almost all goods so they talked up massachusetts and they sent them some food. Thats when the first Continental Congress met and they started to form a milita. -
Battles of lexington and concord
On April 19, 1775, 700 British Troops reached Lexington.
70 militiamen were waiting.
British ordered Americans to drop their muskets and they refused.
No one knows who fired first, but within a few minutes 8 militiamen were dead.
British marched to Concord, destroyed military supplies and engaged in a battle where they were forced to retreat.
4000 minutemen and militiamen lined the road from Concord to Lexington and shot at the “redcoats” as they retreated back to Boston.
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the battle of bunker hill
Militia had built fortifications so the British attacked.
Militia waited on the top of the hill and were ordered, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
Battle ensued, but the militia were forced off the hill.
British won, but suffered more than 1400 deaths and casualties. -
"Give me Liberty"speech
Britain held firm on the Tolerable Acts and even increased restrictions on colonial trade and sent more troops.
Colonial Troops continued to train.
Many thought a fight would be a short show of force to make Britain change its policies.
Patrick Henry expected a WAR.
He gave his famous speech at the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1775 and spoke the words,
“Give me liberty or give me death.” -
the declaration of independence
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to altar or to abolish it, and to institute new Government -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine was an Englishman living in the colonies.
He believed it was ridiculous for America to be governed by an island across a vast ocean.
He felt there were plenty of markets outside of Britain for colonial goods.
Published Common Sense in 1776 and “the call for Independence became a roar”.
Common Sense increased public support for American independence.
