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The Navigation Acts was 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 tax on all Sugar products, Sugar Molasses, Rum. Because sugar was grown over seas and was hard the transport over therefore turned into molasses. -
Fort Necessity was a small fort set up by George Washington, A young Virginian. This outpost was then attacked by the French and Natives causing Washington's army to surrender. -
French had early success from taking over British troops. Native Americans did raids on the frontier, Pitt sent more troops to fight. Opened the Ohio River Valley and conquered French Canada. -
The Sugar Act was a tax on all imports like coffee, sugar, and molasses. It was created to lower prices on sugars and get colonists to stop smuggling. -
This was a tax on all paper goods like, decks of cards, newspaper, and legal documents. The tax was a stamp that was placed on all printed items and was made to gain money for British troops. -
Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies. Was made to repeal the stamp act. -
An external tax on imported goods like glass, lead, paper, tea, and paint. any British taxes angered colonists and they boycotted, have colonist encouraged to wear homemade fabrics and clothes. -
A fight between Bostonian and British soldiers the mob were fired on and when smoke cleared five lay dead and three injured there was a 11-year old boy who lay dead in one of those five as well as Crispus Attucks. -
General Gage had an order from Parliament to seize all weapons and arrest the leaders of the Massachusetts militia. He ordered for Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith to take 700 troops to Concord. and seize all artillery and ammunition. -
Painful and unforgiving acts of discipline. "we must master them or leave them"
after the Boston tea party -
British officials charged with capital offenses had to be tried in another colony. -
permitted the requisition of unoccupied housing for British troops. could not refuse to house. -
a government for Canada was created, and extended the to Ohio river and all the way south, making the colonists trapped. -
All the colonies met together except for Georgia did not send up a Representative since it was too far to send up. made all united and not separate. -
Before the Lexington battle, rode to warn the colonial militias. warned them about approaching British forces -
70 against 700, 120 British troops marched to Concord. a Torry told general Gage that the militia was hiding weapons. 174 redcoats wounded, 73 dead. 18 colonist dead. -
in the second continental congress they declared Independence from Britain, Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. they created the olive Branch Petition to avoid a war. -
This was the key location and 400 minutemen came to seize the fort. The green mountain boys were also planning to attack the fort and use a switch tactic. -
The battle following Lexington and concord and the militia grew around 2000 men. Breeds hill was the actual battle hill but Bunker was the hill were all people filled up of supplies and switched out soldiers. Colonel Williams Prescott then gave order to not fire until your close enough since they were low on ammunition. -
A formal request to assure King George that colonists wanted peace, but he rejected and prepared for the war, hired 30,00 Hessian. and British troops in Canada planned to attack NY. -
Patriots faced heavy winters and storms, also being low on supplies since they already fought in a battle before. the British won the battle because of this. -
Brings up 60 cannons to face Boston, making the British flee to Nova Scotia since there is no way to fight. -
hired 30,000 Hessian to fight with British troops. striking first, Congress sent patriot troops from fort T. to attack. the Patriots won this battle. -
56 delegates signed the declaration and John Hancock wrote his name so large that the king could read it without glasses, these men are the founding fathers but England saw them as traitors to the crown and said if they were caught they would be hung.