-
This is laws that forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England -
A British law that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the colonies -
This is the fort George Washington made when he was sent to drive out the French which ended up getting attacked by them -
This was a 7 year war between the French and the British for the Ohio River Valley that ended in February of 1763 -
The Sugar Act would lower the price and lower tax on molasses imported into the colonies -
A small tax on printed materials like newspapers, wills, playing cards, and documents. -
Parliament stated that they had the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies in all cases -
The Townshend Acts was an external tax on imported goods into the colonies. -
A fight occurred between Bostonian's and British soldiers which led the soldiers to fire in the crowd and end up with 5 dead and 3 injured -
After the Boston Tea Party Parliament passed a group of laws together called the Coercive Act to try and get Boston in control -
A government was created for Canada and its territory extended all the way South to Ohio River. -
British officials that are charged with a capital offense have a trial in another colony or England -
Unoccupied buildings would house British Troops (later on it would end up being peoples homes) -
Fifty-five delegates gathered together to create a political body but Georgia couldn't show up due to the fact that they got the letter to late. -
General Gage is the crown appointed military governor -
Riding to Lexington with the news that British soldiers in Boston were about to march -
At Lexington 70 Minutemen were waiting for the 700 English soldiers. An unknown shot was fired, when smoke cleared 8 minutemen were dead. Then the soldier went to Concord, and the home of Retired Colonel Barrett’s farm but found no weapons -
Where patriot groups were before they had left to go fight in Montreal -
Continental Congress agreed to meet again if the British did not address their complaints the first time and this is when they met back up but a few things changed. There were important people this time around such as Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson. -
The Militia set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, which were across from Boston and after the British saw this they formed a plan and attacked the next day. The Battle of Bunker Hill was considered a British victory but just over 1000 British troops died
and around 90 Militia lost their lives -
This petition is a formal request that assured King George III that the colonist wanted peace, and asked to protect their rights but he rejected it and prepared for war. -
While on their way to fight Benedict Arnold didn't realize how quickly they would run out of supplies and when the winter storm would hit. -
Spring, March, 17th, 1776, Washington thought his troops were ready to fight, and the cannons made it from Northern New York. The British woke up to 60 cannons surrounding them and when they realized the cannons could hit them British General William Howe had his soldiers get on ships and go to Nova Scotia -
King George III had hired 30,000 German mercenaries to fight along side British troops. -
56 Delegates signed the Declaration of Independence which England saw these 56 men as traitors and If they were caught, they would have been hung.