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The French and Indian War
The struggle occurring within the colonies centered Great Britain against France and that was know as the French and Indian War. North American territory was badly beaten by the British on the eastern coast, the French down in Louisiana up through Canada to the Mississippi Valley, and the Spanish in Florida.Due to Spain’s settlement the main aim for supremacy was between Rrance and Great Britian.Since there was no official divider also an undetermined ownership of bordering territories British c -
Proclamation
In 1763 the British started a Proclamation mostly to stop the Indians from being angry and to make sure the settlers arent talking over their land. Many british colonists objected to the proclamation boundary. -
The Sugar Act
In 1764 a law was passed by the British Parliament raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monoply on the colonial market. Colonial merchants began to protest. -
Stamp Act
1764.The Stamp Act required that deeds, almanacs, newspapers, advertisements, playing cards and the like display an official stamp.A Stamp Act Congress, attended by representatives from most of the colonies, they said that English colonists retained all the rights of Englishmen including the right to trial by jury ignored by Vice Admiralty Courts and that only colonial legislatures could tax colonists. The colonists didnt like the stamp act so they boycotted British goods. -
The Quartering Act
Britian requires colonists to help house and care for soilders in private homes which was the Quartering Act. Colonists think this is a hidden tax and violates their privacy, so they were upset. This occured in 1765. -
Boston Massacre
Even though there was large-scale fighting between American minutemen and the British redcoats, it did not begin until 1775, the 1770 Boston Massacre gave each side a taste of what was coming next. The Boston Massacre was a riot in Boston (March5,1770) from the resentment of Boston colonists and British troops quartered in the city,the troops fired on the mob and killed several people. The reaction was the colonists got very angry and the British sent more troops. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor on December 16,1773.The Boston colonists ,disguised as Indians,and threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor.They did this as a protest against British taxes on tea. It happened because they were putting unnessary texes on tea. The British shut down the Boston court and the colonists couldnt get any supplies so people helped them. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Inrolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The American colonists continued to have a rebellion. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The fight at Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolution. This battle occured in 1775. -
The Olive Branch Petition
In 1775 congress passed a resolution named the Olive Branch Petition which they sent to the king. They told him that they were still loyal to him and asked him to stop the fighting so they could solve their problems. King George ignored the petition and sent more soilders to America. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first important battle of the American War of Independence in 1775. It was fought at Breed's Hill, and the British defeated the colonial forces. The colonists responce to The Battle of Bunker Hill was they were very unhappy. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sence
Common Sense is one of many Americas most well known writings. It presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom, from british rule. The colonists reacted by changing their attitude to independence from 33% to 75%. -
Declaration of Independence was aproved
This event was aproved by congress on July 4th 1776. The colonists wanted to create a new nation separate from British rule. The colonists were happy because they were tired of British rule. -
Victory at Yorktown
This event occured in October 1781, the Americans and French trapped the British at Yorktown causing the Bristish commander to surrender. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was an agreement that occured on 1782 and the Treaty was aproved by congress in 1783. The Treaty ended the war between America and Britian, and Britian recognized the independence of the United states.
