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The Navigation Act is were the law guaranteed them a place were the would sell all their raw materials to England -
A British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, sugar imported into the North America colonies from non- British colonies -
George Washington set up the Fort Necessity and it was an outpost for the battle -
France lost land claims in North America while Britain gained Canada and most French lands east of Mississippi River.French no longer held power in North America, North America was controlled by Great Britain and Spain. -
The new tax lowered the tax on molasses. Would lower the price, and encourage more people to buy
Encourage Colonists to stop smuggling.
It also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers' goods without going to court. -
Internal Act, An act that added a small tax on all printed materials like Newspapers, Wills, Playing Cards, Documents, etc -
Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies ‘in all cases!!!’ -
External tax for important goods. like paper, tea, paint, glass, and lead -
a fight occurred between Bostonians and British Soldiers
The mob of Bostonians were fired on
When the smoke cleared 5 lay dead and 3 were injured
Among the dead Crispus Attucks
Part Native American Part African
As well as a 11 year old boy named Cristopher Seider
This is known as the Boston Massacre -
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 ammunition 20 miles northeast of Boston in Concord -
Coercive Acts, 1774,is known as the Intolerable Acts’ intolerable means painful and unbearable.
1.Administration of Justice-
2. Massachusetts Government Act
3.Boston Port Bill
4.The Quartering Act -
A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River.
The Colonies were trapped -
British officials charged with capital offenses had to be tried in another colony of England. -
A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River.
The Colonies were trapped -
passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect -
Dr. Warren alarted Paul Revere and William Dawes, who were members of the Sons of Liberty
Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord, spreading the news- ‘’The British are coming!!’’
A British patrol would later capture Revere, and Dawes would turn back. The message is carried to Concord by Samual Prescott -
It was at the North Bridge that Colonist engage in Guerrilla Warfare, chasing the British all the way back to Boston
By the time the redcoats reached Boston, 174 wounded and 73 dead
18 Colonies wounded -
through the winter of 1775
By Spring, March,17, 1776, Washington thought his troops were ready to fight, and the cannons made it from Northern New York -
1775-1781. Continental Army with George Washington in charge.
Washington would handle the overall strategy, for fighting the British
Once this was put in place, he left Pennsylvania to assume control of the Militia in Boston -
The battle of Bunker Hill was considered a British victory, but at a heavy cost
Just over 1000 British troops died taking the hill
Around 90 militia lost their lives. -
A petition is a formal request
The Olive Branch Petition assured King George lll that the colonist wanted peace, and asked to protect their rights.
The King rejected the petition, and prepared for War -
The Continental Congress learned that British troops in Canada was planning on attacking New York
Deciding to strike first, congress sent Patriot troops from Ft. Ticonderoga to attack Montreal
Patriots victory
The attack on Quebec, led by Benedict Arnold, failed. Patriots faced winter,heavy snow storms, and were low on supplies
British victory -
Washington had his cannons into positions overlooking Boston, while the Redcoats were all tucked in
As the British awoke to find almost 60 cannon pointing at them, and realizing that the cannon could reach them, British General William Howe commanded his soldiers to board ships and withdraw to Nova Scotia -
Declaration of Independence's list of grievances that King George III had dispatched “foreign troops” from the German states to help the British fight the colonists. -
signing your name on a paper to declare independence (Declaration of Independence)