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French & Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought between the French + Indians vs. the British/(Americans). They fought over the Ohio River Valley and control over America. The British/(Americans) won the war in 1763, but allowed the French (under there government) to stay in Canada. -
Proclamation Line
The Proclamation Line was set up so that no Colonists were allowed to go into the Western lands for fear of upseting the Native Americans. The Americans were mad that after all that fighting over the OHR that they were not allowed to settle there. They were even more furious when they evicted all the settlers on the proclamations line. This is what was the very begining of the revolution to come. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act put a tax on sugar,rum and molasses. The tax was ment to help pay off the American portion of the war debt from the F&I War. The Americans were worried that the British were going to take more and more money from them on taxes in the future. They didn't like the thought of makeing less and less money, so they started a boycott on the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act was repealed in 1766. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first Tax that the British Government tried to use to get American portion of the war debt back. The Stamp Act put taxes on all printed goods: Eamples, paper, shirts, pants, bills, etc. The Americans are again not happy with the British. The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766. -
Declaratory Act
The DEclaratory Act states that the British were better and higher than the Amerians and that they, the British, have the right to tax them all they want. "That all resolutions, votes, orders, and proceedings, in any of the said colonies or plantations, whereby the power and authority of the parliament of Great Britain, to make laws and statutes as aforesaid, is denied, or drawn into question, are, and are hereby declared to be, utterly null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever." -
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Townshend Act
The Townshend Act put a tax on glass,paint,oil,lead,paper and tea, The Townshend Act got the same reaction as the Sramp Act, hostility. The Hostility reached new hights when the British sodiers stormed into John Hancock's Ship to look for smuggled goods.Soon they signed a Non-Importation Act and the British's trade dried up. They repealed the Townshend Act in 1770. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre started as a "street fight", the Americans were throwing snowballs, Stones and sticks at a British Sentinel In all the shouting one of the soldiers thought he heard the command shoot come from his captain and shot into the mob. More shots were fired right after killing three instantly and wounding 8 others. They were Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, and James Caldwell. Two of the 8 wounded died later on, Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr.This was one of the reasons the Rev began. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act launched the final spark that caused the Revolutionary movement in Boston. The act gave a complete monopoly, over tea, to the British East India Company. This upset the Americans because the cost of tea went up and the East India Company could raise the price to whatever they wanted to. Another boycott started Colonists in Philadelphia and New York turned the tea ships back to Britain. The British weere stubborn and wouldn't leave. That is what led to the Boton Tea Party. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts included the Boston Port Act, the Gov. Act, the 2nd Quartering Act, the Justice Act and the Quebec Act. The Boston Port Act shut down the harbor to cripple the economy so that they couldn't live without the British. The Gov. Act took away the peoples right to choose their own Governor, only the person the King chose was in charge. The 2nd Quartering Act forced people to take in, feed and give a space to sleep to British soldiers. -
Continuation of the Intolerable Acts
The Justice Act said that any British soldier that was accused of murder would be taken back to Britain and tried there. They never found them guilty of murder. The Quebec Act gave the French the Ohio River Valley. The Americans were mad, to say the LEAST. -
Continuation of Lexington and Concord
But word still got to Lexington in time to move most of the amo and gun powder to another location. On the way to Lexington the British were blocked by 150 colonists that where there for battle. No one knows who shot first but the first shot fired would go down in history as "the shot heard round the world". Eight Militia men died and 11 were wounded. The Americans now knew that the British were using force and were not happy. When the British did reach Lexington they find nothing. -
Continuation #2 Lexington and Concord
On the march back to the boats the British were ambushed the whole way by the Americans. The British lost 273 swoldiers, they were killed or wounded, and the Americans only lost 95 colonists. This boosted moral greatly. -
Lexington & Concord
Britain's General Gage Sent soldiers to Lexington in the middle of the night to confiscate the amo and gun powder in a Warhouse there. Also to capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock. They landed in a marsh, this slowed them down and made a lot of noise. The lights were lit and the tree riders, Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott, rode off to warn Lexington and any other town the encountered on the way. Paul Revere was captured not long after he set out.
