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The Navigation Acts were a set of rules that the English Parliament imposed on the colonists. It forced the colonists to sell all raw materials to England, even though they might have been able to find better prices elsewhere in England. -
A heavy tax for British on sugar. Then it was imported to other places to like Native Americans. There was a big push. -
It's a fort that was made after the capture of Fort Duquesne. Then George Washington set it up.
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It's called the "7 year war". There was a large debt from when it ended. The Natives stayed neutral but liked the French more. The parliment and the King felt that colonists should pay their cost. -
The sugar act was a tax that made things cost less than they were. Then encouraged people to stop smuggling. Since if they smuggled they would get put in jail or be a British soldiers. -
A British tax imposed on the colonies. And was protested with the slogan by James Otis and Samuel Adams "Taxation without Representation," -
An act that the British Parliament where the British had the right to pass laws against the Americans colonies. The same day the Stamp act was repealed. -
Where the British put a tax on imported goods like glass, lead, paints, and paper. Then when they did that people started smuggling and didn't buy the British goods. -
It's when a flight of Bostonians and British soldiers and the Bostonians were fired on. Then when everything cleared there was 5 dead and 3 injured. Then among them was the Crispus Attucks a Part Native American and African man. As well as Christopher Seider. -
He had an order from Parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia. Then Gage learned that there was a stockpile of arms and ammunition 20 miles northeast in Concord. -
Intolerable means pain and unbearable. Then that's when the Boston Tea Party reached London to King George the III. Then the Parliament passed the coercive act. -
It's when they permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first then to British troops. Then took over some of the colonists homes and sleep there. -
When British officials charged with offenses that had to be tried in another colony of England. Then the coercive act was was applied to all the colonies was the Administration of Justice Act. -
It's when the government of Canada was created and it expended it's territory all the way to the Ohio river. But then after the coercive acts they passed it. -
A gathering with delegates that were many a couple are Samuel Adams, and George Washington. And they unified against the coercive acts. Then a war heats up when British Troops in Canada were going to attack New York. -
It's when Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington and warned people that the "British were coming". Then later the British captured Paul Revere and Dawes traveled back. -
Another name for it was "The shot Heard Round the World". Then when Revere warned them 70 minutemen were waiting for the 700 English Redcoats. Then an unknown shot was fired and it broke out. 8 minutemen were found dead. -
It's when they declare the independence of the colonies. Most of the same people in the first meeting was there. Although it was more important they were there for this one. -
When Benedict Arnold raised a 400 man militia to seize fort Ticonderoga in New York. That was a key location. Then Ethan Allen of Vermont and The Green Mountains boys were going to attack Ticonderoga. -
After the Lexington and Concord war more colonists join the militia. Then there was around 2000 men. Then after they set up post of Bunker Hill and Breed's hill they got attacked the next day. -
The Olive Branch petition is when they assured king george that the colonists wanted peace, and wanted them to protect their rights. But then the king rejected it and declared a war. -
The Continental Congress found out that Canada was planning to attack New York. So they decided to attack first. Which led to an attack on Montreal and Quebec. Then Benedict Arnold failed to take it. -
When Washington arrived shortly after bunker hill he saw how he lacked key things for victory. Then later they were ready to fire cannons and take over. -
Since the Olive Branch petition assured him that the colonists wanted peace. Then the King rejected the petition and declared war, hiring 30,000 German mercenaries. -
The delegates signed the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock wrote his name so large that they didn't need to wear glasses. We saw them as the founding fathers, but the English saw them as traitors. There were 56 men.