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Navigation Act
The Navigation Act was to control trade, where England passed a series of laws, they had to sell and export goods. they had a lot of laws, rulers, and people in charge. -
Molasses act
The molasses act was a tax placed on imported goods that came to the colonies such as rum, sugar, and molasses. -
Fort Nessecity
Fort Necessity was a trade between the English, the french, and the British, the British and french both wanted the Ohio river valley and the English had the Ohio river valley, but the English only wanted to share it with the french and tried to kick the British out. -
Sugar Act
used to lower the price of imported molasses to the colonies ides was that if they lowered the price, more people would buy the molasses and stop smuggling and allow the officers to seize their smuggled goods without court colonies, they did not like this because they felt it compromised their rights. -
French and Indian war
10,000 troops from the French and Indian war were forced into a police force to enforce and keep peace with the natives. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was the British placing taxes on all things that were printed, and that made the colonists upset so they boycotted and would not buy goods form Britain, they hung effigies in the streets of Boston, and Boston lost money. so soon they ended the stamp act caused to the loss of money -
Townshend Act
in 1767, the British laws placed a tax on common products, paper, and tea that were imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
colonists called for a stronger boycott -
G. Thomas Gage takes over boston
general thomas gage of Boston had an order from the parliament to seize weapons and to arrest the leaders of the Massachusetts militia -
Quebec act
june 1774; a government for canada was created and extended its territory all the way to south to the ohio river,
The colonists were trapped. -
The intolerable Acts
very painful and unbearable
Administration of justice - british officials charge w the capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or england
Massachusetts government acts - removed local government, and replaces it with a crown appointed military governor
Boston port bill - closed boston harbor until reimbusement of thr 342 chests of tea were dumped into the harbor
The quartering act - permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, the house british troops. -
Quartering act
the quartering act permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house the British troops, this new act allowed royal governers to find homes and buildings to quarters of house British soldiers. -
First continental congress
55 delegates gathered together the delegates named this political body the continental congress, leaders for the 12/13 colonies attended, with only Georgia not sending a representative, so they discussed their grievances against the British and then voted, they declared 13 acts of parliament and a violation of laws " laws of nature " the principles of the English constitution, and several charters, they also endorsed the Suffolk resolved, stating that the coercive acts were illegal. -
Paul Reveres Ride
Paul Revere ad william dawes were members of the Sons of liberty, revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, the town east of concord. and started to spread the news -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
Massachusetts colonists defined the British authority, they outnumbered and out thought the red coats , and embarked on a lengthy ear to earn their independence -
Fort Ticonderoga
after Lexington and concord, benedict arnold raised a 400-man militia to seize fort Ticonderoga, in New York. near lake champlain. -
2nd Continental Congress
Set up the continental army with george washington in charge, Washington would handle the overall strategy for fighting the British, once this was out in place, he left Pennsylvania to assume control of the militia in Boston the delegates then made one last attempt,p at avoiding war then drafted a petition. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the militia ringed the city and moral was good, everyday there was new recruits for the militia, but Washington realized he was lacking key factors for a victory, Washington realized that the men were disorganized and lacks of discipline - ability to follow strict rules -
Olive branch Petition
The olive branch petition assured King George lll that the colonists wanted peace, and asked to protect their rights, the king rejected the petition and prepared for war, he hired more than 30,000 german mercenaries called Hessians to fight alongside British troops -
Declaratory Acts
After the ending of the Stamp Act, parliament passed the Declaratory Act saying that parliament had the right to tax and make choices for the British colonies in all cases. -
Washington takes over Boston
Washington arrived in the Boston area in July 1775, shortly after the battle of Bunker Hill, every day the size of the militia grew with new recruits showed up Washington realized that he was lacking key factors for a victory his men were disorganized and lacked discipline, and he needed heavy artillery, by spring on march 27th 1776, Washington through his troops were ready to fight, and the cannons made it from northern new york -
hessian soldiers are hired by king George lll
the king rejected the petition, and he he prepared for the war and hired 30,000 and more german mercenaries called Hessians to fight against British troops -
DOI is signed
while debating went on, congress created a committee to write a declaration of Independence e(John Addams, ben franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman) 11/12 voted in favor of England, England saw these men as tractors to the crown -
Boston Tea Party
the B,E,I,C. Knew there would be trouble, so they kept shipping tea to colonies.
New york and Philadelphia colonists did manage to turn some tea ships back to England
However, three full ships full of tea arrived in Boston Harbor on 12/16/1770
At midnight the Sons of liberty, 342 chests of tes were thrown overboard by colonists dressed as native Americans, ( Iroquois )
No one directly spoke out against the British, because they still looked at themselves as British citizens.