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The Navigation Acts were a set of rules that the English Parliament imposed on the colonies. It made the colonists sell all raw materials to England, even though they might be able to find better prices elsewhere in England -
A British law that had a heavy tax on gallons of molasses imported into the American colonies from non-British sources -
Fort Necessity is a base that was built extremely fast. Its the site of George Washington's first military base and the site of the French and Indian War. -
The French and Indian War was a north American conflict between Britain and France over control of the Ohio river valley -
the sugar act was taxed sugar and other goods in the American colonies, primarily to raise revenue for Britain after the Seven Years' War -
British tax imposed on the American colonies that required a physical stamp on a wide variety of paper goods, including legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. -
asserting Parliament's absolute power to legislate for the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever," meaning they could tax and make laws binding the colonies without colonial consent -
a series of British parliamentary measures passed in 1767 that imposed taxes on goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the American colonies -
seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five and wounding others. The incident, which escalated from a street argument, was fueled by high tensions between the colonists and British troops who were occupying Boston. -
General Thomas Gage arrived in Boston as the new Royal Governor and Commander-in-Chief, tasked with enforcing Britain's punitive Coercive Acts after the Boston Tea Party, which involved closing the port and restricting local government. -
a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, closing Boston Harbor, restricting local government, allowing British officials to be tried elsewhere, and forcing colonists to house soldiers -
a series of British laws that required American colonies to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers stationed there -
complete system and process governments use to enforce laws, maintain order, and resolve disputes, ensuring rights are protected and fairness prevails through interconnected functions like law enforcement, the judiciary, and corrections. -
a British law granting French Catholics in Quebec religious freedom, restoring French civil law, extending Quebec's borders south to the Ohio River angering American colonists, and establishing direct Crown rule without an elected assembly, all to secure loyalty from French Canadians and prevent rebellion -
a meeting of 56 delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that took place in Philadelphia. -
Paul Revere's Ride was the famous , midnight warning mission by Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott to alert colonial militia in Lexington and Concord that British troops were marching to seize colonial arms, sparking the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the American Revolutionary -
were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, sparked by British troops marching to seize colonial weapons in Concord, Massachusetts. -
a historic 18th-century star fort in upstate New York, built by the French as Fort Carillon in 1755 at a crucial portage between Lake Champlain and Lake George, controlling access to Canada -
The Second Continental Congress was the government for the thirteen American colonies during the Revolutionary War, meeting in Philadelphia to manage the war effort, appoint George Washington commander of the Continental Army, issue Continental Currency, and ultimately adopt the Declaration of Independence -
Revolutionary War clash near Boston where colonial militia fortified Breed's Hill, repelling two costly British assaults before running out of ammunition and retreating on the third charge -
a final, desperate attempt by the Second Continental Congress to reconcile with King George III, affirming colonial loyalty while seeking fairer treatment and an end to oppressive policie -
Maine's wilderness, causing severe supply loss (ruined gunpowder, spoiled food), extreme hardship (freezing rivers, starvation, disease), and significant troop desertion, leading to a weakened force that couldn't overcome Quebec's defenses -
refers to the Siege of Boston, where George Washington, as new Commander of the Continental Army, organized militia, secured heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga -
they were German auxiliary troops hired by King George III and the British government to help suppress the American Revolution. -
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress but most delegates didn't sign the formal parchment copy until August 2, 1776, with others signing even later