-
The Navigation Acts were a set of rules that the English Parliament imposed on the colonists. it made the colonists sell all raw materials to England, even though they might be able to find better prices elsewhere in England. -
Parliament placed a tax on all sugar products. Sugar, Molasses, and Rum. -
George Washington built Fort Necessity to defend himself because the Virginia government made a militia to try and drive out the French. -
The French captured several forts in 1757 William Pitt became prime minister of the British government, he had two goals 1 to open the Ohio river valley 2 conquer French Canada. The treaty of Paris marked the end of the war. french no longer held power in North America North America was controlled by Great Britain and Spain. -
a tax that lowered the tax on molasses imported to the colonies. This was to try to encourage people to stop smuggling molasses. -
An act that puts a small tax on paper things. This includes Newspapers, Wills, Playing Cards, and documents. -
parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies “in ALL cases” -
A tax on Imported goods like glass, lead, paper, tea, and paint. This made colonists mad about anything that was taxed. Women started the Daughters of Liberty -
When colonists were throwing stuff at the custom house boycotting. People died and got injured during this. -
Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord spreading the news- “The British are coming!!” -
The military Governor, general Thomas Gage, of Boston had orders from parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia.
Gage had learned that there was a stockpile of arms and ammunitions 20 miles northeast of Boston in Concord He ordered Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith to take 700 troops, “to concord, where you will seize and destroy all the artillery and ammunition you can find.” -report from Gage Parliament -
when the parliament passed the coercive acts which are 1. Administration of justice 2. Massachusetts government, 3. Boston port bill, and 4. the quartering acts -
an act were British soldiers can live in colonists homes and they can't say no -
British officials charge with capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or England. -
A government for Canada that was created and extended its territory all the way South to the Ohio River -
A battle were 70 minutemen were waiting for the 700 English redcoat. They realized they were badly outnumbered and was about to break. 8 minutemen ended up dead. -
a pivotal location in the American Revolution, famously captured by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold in May 1775, which gave the Americans their first offensive victory and a crucial cache of artillery -
a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen American Colonies that convened in Philadelphia in May 1775, acting as the de facto government during the American Revolution -
the American colonial forces were ultimately driven from the field by the British army, but inflicted heavy casualties on the British, who technically won the battle but suffered a devastating loss -
the second continental Congress final attempt to reconcile with the king. Assure king George III that the colonist wanted peace, and ask to protect their rights. The king rejected the petition and prepared for war. He hired more than 30,000 German mercenaries called Hessian to fight alongside British troops -
The attack on Quebec, led by Benedict Arnold, failed. Patriots faced winter, heavy snow storms, and were low on supplies -
German mercenaries to fight alongside British troops against the colonists. -
George Washington had 60 cannons in positions overlooking boston while red coats were asleep when the British woke up they surrendered and withdrawn to Nova Scotia -
delegates signed the DOI. John Hancock wrote his name so large that the king could read his name without his glasses. We see these men as the founding fathers, but England saw these 56 men as traitors to the crown. if they were caught they would have been hung.