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10 BCE
Second Continental Congress
The second meeting agreed to meet up if British didn't address any issues -
navigation acts
gives them a place to sell their raw materials to england -
Molasses act
imported molasses to stop smuggling -
Fort Necessity
Washington's fort got outpost soon went under attack from the french -
french and indian
the french and Indian war was a war with the Indians french and the British the British then beat the french and the Indians -
sugar act
encouraged colonists to stop smuggling stuff and stealing stuff -
stamp act
in 1765 parliament passed the stamp act a small tax on all printed materials like newspaper wills playing cards and documents -
declaratory acts
the act declared the tax will be dropped and will not be that much -
townshed
The stamp act was an internal tax (tax in the country)
The townshend acts was an external tax (tax on imported goods)
A tax on imported goods -
Boston massacre
this was a shooting killing 5 and injured 3 this was started by a gun shot fired by the private shooting his gun on accident from getting hit by a rock or a shell -
General Gage takes over Boston
The military governor general of Boston order of Parliament to seize weapons -
Olive Branch Petition
a formal request it assured that the colonist didn't want to go to war which the kind denied -
Quartering Act
The quartering act act-permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first to house british troops -
Intolerable (as called by the Colonist) or Coercive (as called by the British)
When news of the boston tea party reached london king george iii stated
We must either master them or totally leave them by themselves In response to the boston tea act the parliament passed the coercive acts Coercive acts 1744 is also known as the intolerable acts means painful and unbearable Administration of justice-british officials charge with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or england -
Administration of Justice
Administration of justice-british officials charge with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or england -
Quebec Act
Massachusetts government act-removed local government and replaced it with a crown appointed military governor -
First Continental Congress
the first congress created to help make a rival against Britain -
Washington takes Boston
Washington takes Boston over because at night Washington had cannons everywhere forcing the British to have to leave -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul revere saw the British coming and alerted the other congress members about it -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
minute men fighting against the British and soon to be a British victory -
Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold raised a 400 man Militia to seize Fort Ticonderoga in NY, near lake Champlain -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the battle of bunkers Hill also should be know as battle of breeds Hill British fight and minutemen British win because of the retreat of low ammunition -
DOI is signed
Preamble
A section about the rights Colonist believed they should have
List of Grievances against the actions of Parliament and the Crown
The final section proclaims the existence of the New Nation!
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Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec then soon became the most known turn coat -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III
the solders who were German and liked to fight king George hired over 30,000 of them to help fight against colonist