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Zenger Trial
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refzenger.html
http://www.gailjarrow.com/zenger.html John Peter Zenger was a printer who published articles in the New-York Weekly Journal offending Governor William Cosby. Led to freedom of the colonial press. -
Albany Congress
http://totallyhistory.com/the-albany-congress/ Represented seven out of colonies. Prepare for common defence against French and Indians. The Albany Plan of Union was headed by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson (bring colonies together) -
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Seven Years War
Seven Years War
The Seven Years War begins
A war (aka: French and Indian War) when British delclares war against the French (allianced with Indians) due to French Ohio River Valley expansion. British won and took French territory. Treaty of Paris 1763 ended war. -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
http://fortwiki.com/Treaty_of_Paris_%281763%29 Agreement between Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal. Ended the Seven Years' War. -
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Pontiac's Rebellion
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pontiacs-rebellion-begins
http://totallyhistory.com/pontiacs-rebellion/ Native Americans living in former French territory (now British territory) were outraged by new British authorities. Pontiac and other tribes took out eight forts. Royal Proclamation of 1763: set boundaries b/t British and Natives. -
Sugar Act
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm The American Revenue Act. Reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon. Also listed more foreign goods to be taxed. Enforced tax on molasses caused the almost immediate decline in the rum industry in the colonies. Repealed 1766. -
Stamp Act
http://www.historywiz.com/stampact.htm Parliment passed first internal tax on colonists. The law required colonists to pay a tax on all printed paper they used. Repealed 1766 -
Declaratory Act
http://wikihistoria.wikispaces.com/Declaratory+Acts http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/155205/Declaratory-Act It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Asserted its complete authority to make binding laws on the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” -
Repealed of Stamp Act
http://www.historywiz.com/primarysources/stampactrepeal.html Repeal led to Parliment passing Declaratory Act, asserting its right to tax the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-massacre Patriot mobs taunt British troops that occupied Customs House in Boston. Patriots John Adams and Josiah Quincy agreed to defend the soldiers in a show of support of the colonial justice system. Five colonists were dead or dying and three more injured. -
Tea Act
http://www.venturausd.org/balboa/Anter/SSN/Revolutionary_Era/Events_Pages/The_Tea_Act/The_Tea_Act.html Attempt by the British to regain control of the tea trade in America and to rescue the British East India Company. Colonists boycotted the tea, and chose to smuggle it in from Dutch companies. -
Boston Tea Party
http://www.history.com/topics/boston-tea-party A group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/p/jutland.htm
The Boston Port Act: Closed Boston Harbor from import and export
Massachusetts Government Act: Disband gov't of Boston
Administration of Justice Act: British has to be trialed in England if law is broken.
Quartering Act: Force colonists to pay for British troops through tax. Allowed troops to stay in occupied homes.
Quebec Act: Form Brtish gov't in Canada -
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First Continental Congress
http://www.history.com/topics/the-continental-congress Twelve colonies (except Georgia) met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
http://www.history.com/topics/battles-of-lexington-and-concord Kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Between the thirteen colonies and British. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Fort Ticonderoga
http://www.history.com/topics/capture-of-fort-ticonderoga key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War. The first American victory of the Revolutionary War. -
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Second Contintental Congress
http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=471&view=quick-facts Convened in Philadelphia's Independence Hall after Battles of Concord and Lexington had been fought. The delegates were soon forced to turn their attention to forming an army, crafting a Declaration of Independence, conducting the war, and establishing a new national government acceptable to each of the thirteen separate states. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-bunker-hill The British defeated the Americans. Took place in Breed's Hill. -
The Olive Branch Petition
http://www.gopetition.com/olivebranchpetition.php http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/revolution/docs/olive.html Drafted by John Dickinson, a protest against the harsh regime inflicted upon the North American states by the British colonialists, in particular the imposition of new, harsher taxes. -
Common Sense
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/commonsense/summary.html A pamphlet created by Thomas Paine fighting for American independence against British government. -
Virginia Declarations of Rights
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/education/psd/nation/dofr.htm http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Virginia+Declaration+of+Rights Drafted by George Mason. A Declaration of Rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention; which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. -
Declarations of Independence
http://www.congressforkids.net/Independence_declaration_1.htm
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html A document first drafted by Thomas Jefferson in order to gain colonial independence against British rule. Others who also associated with the document were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman (all part of Second Continental Congress). -
Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom
http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=634087 Drafted by Thomas Jefferson. Supported religious freedom in the state of Virginia. This Amendment not only assured religious freedom, but also separated the church and the government. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/treatyofparis1783def.htm Ended Revolutionary War and Britain recognized the independent nation of the United States of America. -
Land of Ordinance of 1785
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/landordinance1785def.htm
http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/america/unitedstates/1783/1783/1785.htm Law passed by Congress that allowed for sales of land in the Northwest Territory and set up standards for land sale that became precedents. -
Northwest Ordinance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-enacts-the-northwest-ordinance http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/northwest.html Established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states -
George Washington Inauguration
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-gives-first-presidential-inaugural-address George Washington is sworn in as the first American president and delivers the first inaugural speech at Federal Hall in New York City. John Adams was elected Vice President. Washington sworn in by Chancellor Robert R. Livingston
