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The Nav. Acts was a set of rules that the English parliament put on the colonists. It made the colonists sell all raw materials to England, even thought they might be able to find better prices elsewhere in England -
The Molasses act was a heavy tax for British on sugar. then it was imported to other places to like Native Americans. -
Virginia sent a militia to fight against the French during the French and Indian War. This was to help the colonies, in this war the militia would be lead by George Washington and would capture French forts then made their own calling it Fort Necessity. This would be successful fighting the French, until the French and Native Americans ambushed them forcing the militia to surrender. -
Its called the 7 year war. There was a large debt from when it ended. It was mainly a war for land. The Natives stayed neutral but liked the French more. -
It was a tax lowering the price of molasses to make more people buy than smuggling. If people did smuggle it made the officers be able to arrest without going to court. -
A small tax on printed goods. It was passed on Newspapers, Wills, Playing Cards, and Documents. -
It was an Act allowing Parliament to tax and make decisions in the British colonies on Colonists. It would just give Redcoats more power. -
Minutemen and Redcoats prepare for a fight at Lexington and a unknown shot fires and starts a battle it finishes with 8 minutemen dead and weapons being found. -
It was an external tax on Glass, Lead, Paper, Tea, and Paint. It would anger the Colonists to form a group called the Daughters of Liberty to go against it. -
A fight between Bostonians and British Soldiers. The Bostonians were fired on. Five lay dead and three injured. In this two boys named Crispus Attucks and a 11 year old boy named Christopher Seider. -
General Gage gets word from the Crown to disarm any militias growing in Concord. He eventually does this and with this he takes over Boston as a colony from the crown with no Patriots or minutemen. -
A set of actions that were produced by Britain that were meant to fully rule over the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. It would cause a bunch a lot of problems in the colonies. -
It permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops. Soldiers living next door. The life line of Boston was shut down and unemployment and lack of supplies became very common. -
British officials charge with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or England. -
A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River
Colonists were trapped. -
12/13 leaders attend a meeting about coming together as America. this meeting showed if seeing if every colony wanted to come together. -
Paul Revere sees British soldiers leaving the city marching. He meets up with a Dr Warren and William Dawes and rides there. When he gets there he warns all the militias that "THE BRITISH ARE COMING" and makes them all hide their weapons. -
A big fort from the Patriots that would mainly stay there and defend. This big fort was in NY and would eventually fall to 400 British soldiers. -
It was a fight on Breed's Hill from the Americans and British. Americans had lower numbers so they were not benefited. This fight would go in Britain's way and they won. -
A petition to King George how the colonies wanted peace, and wanted to protect their rights. -
Benedict Arnold went to Quebec to conquer it and take it from the British but could not because of Mother Nature with heavy snow, snow storms, and being low on supplies. -
Washington heads to Boston recently after the Battle of Bunker Hill and basically claims Boston holding up when he's there his militia gets bigger and bigger. -
In results of the declaring of the Revolution, King George hires German soldiers to fight in the war siding with the British. He hired around 30,000 of those Germans. -
In the Second Continental Congress 56 delegates sign a document saying they are Independent and America being its own country. Talking about their rights they have and what rights they should have. -
It was a club of people going against Britain and wanting to have their own government. They would go against British soldiers and would have goals to get them out.