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The Navigation Acts told colonists that they can only buy from England, and nowhere else even if they got a better deal there. -
The Molasses Act lowered the price and encouraged more people to buy. It encouraged Colonists to stop smuggling. It also allowed officers to seize accused smuggler goods without going to court. -
Fort Necessity was a fort set up by George Washington. The French and Native Americans attacked Fort Necessity, and Washington surrendered. -
The French and Indian War started in February of 1763 to August of 1765. In the beginning the French had early success and captured several British forts. The turning point for the war was when William Pitt decided to send more British troops to fight in North America his 2 goals were to open the Ohio River Valley and Conquer the French. At the End of the War the British were able to accomplish both of William Pitt's goals; the British gained the Ohio River Valley and Canada. -
The Sugar Act cut the price on molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, and retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
The Stamp Act in 1765 Parliament passed the Stamp Act. A small rex on all printed Materials like Newspapers, Wills, Playing cards, Documents. -
The Townshend act won an INTERNAL TAX (tax inside the country) A tax on imported goods that were part of colonists everyday life like Glass, Lead, Paper, Tea, and Paint. By this point in the colonies, ANY British taxes angered colonists. Women supported another boycott. Encouraged colonists to wear homemade fabrics and domestic goods. Women started the Daughter of Liberty. -
The Boston Massacre was a fight in the streets that started with a snowball fight than it turned into a fight with pointy sticks and shooting and people dying. -
- Administrative of Justice 2.Massachusetts Government Act
- Boston Port Bill
- The Quartering Act
They were painful and unbearable
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The Quartering Act permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops. -
A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River.
The Colonists were trapped -
General Thomas Gage, of Boston had an order from Parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia,
Gage had learned that there was a stockpile of arms and ammunition 20 miles northeast of Boston in Concord.
He ordered Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith to take 700 troops to concord where they will destroy all the artillery and ammunition -
Delegates from 12 of Britian's 13 colonies met to discuss america's future under growing British aggression -
Fort Ticonderoga was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War -
Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord, spreading the news - “The British are coming!!”
Paul Revere rode 13 miles -
Due to Revere and Dawes' warning, 70 minutemen were waiting for the 700 English Redcoats the morning of April 19th 1775. Realizing that they were badly outnumbered, the Minutemen were about to break….. An unknown shot was fired, and both sides engaged When the smoke cleared, 8 minutemen lay dead.
Finding no weapons.By the time the redcoats reached Boston, 174 wounded and 73 dead
18 Colonists wounded -
The second continental Congress was debating if they should declare themselves as an independent nation, or stay under British rule.
Some delegates thought we should not separate
Other argued that we were already at war, and we should be free -
The Olive Branch Petition assured King George III 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 Act: Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies " IN ALL CASES!!" -
As the British awoke to find almost 60 cannons pointing at them, and realizing that the cannon could reach them, British General William Howe commanded his soldiers to board ships and withdraw to Nova Scotia
Many Colonists hoped that the Colonies would stay loyal to the Crown, but the Spirit of Independence was growing
Writer Thomas Paine inspired many with his Pamphlet called Common Sense. -
They had a small standing army so they found there selves in need of troops at the outset of the American Revolutionary War. -
56 Delegates signed the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock wrote his name large, so that the King could read name without glasses. We see them as founding fathers, but England saw these 56 men as traitors to the Crown. If they were caught, they would have been hung. -
New England soldiers faced the British Army for the first time in a battle