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French& Indian War 1754-1763
- Fought between England and France. 2. Fought over control of North American territories.3. The start of the War was a result of the Indians led by George Washington killing a French officer
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Unit 2 Topics
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Treaty of Paris 1763
- Ended the french and Indian War. 2. England was determined to be the victor of this war. 3. France loses all of its North american claims England claims all land west of the mississipi River and North through Canada.
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Proclomation of 1763
- This prevented colonists moving West of the Appalachian Moutains. 2. Created to stabalize relations between the Native Americans and the British Empire. 3. This became the first problem between the colonists and "Mother" England. The Colonists didn't like being told what to do.
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Sugar Act of 1764
- This was a tax sugar and molasses. 2. this act was established as a way of creating revenue for the British Kingdom after the French & Indian war. 3. This incident increased the colonists' concerns about the intent of the British Parliament and helped the growing movement that became the American Revolution.
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Stamp Act 1765
- This tax placed a taxon all paper goods including wills and newspaper. 2. The result of the act was protests and anger by many colonies. This led to a boycott of the stamped paper goods. 3. As a result of the boycott and anti-British sentiment in the Colonies. Parliment formally repeals the Stamp Act.
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Quatering Act
This act was established to save the BritishGovernment money by allowing soldiers the right to expect room and board from colonist of American. -
Writs of Assistance 1767
in English and American colonial history, a general search warrant issued by superior provincial courts to assist the British government in enforcing trade and navigation laws. Such warrants authorized customhouse officers to search any house for smuggled goods without specifying either the house or the goods. -
Townshed Act
Originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act,they were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.The Boston merchants again boycotted English goods. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, called the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. Amid ongoing tense relations between the population and the soldiers, a mob formed aro -
Tea Act
This Act was established as a way for the English to save money on their troops stationed in the Colonies. Soldiers were to be admitted into colonist's homes with the right and expectation of room and board -
Boston Tea party
This was what ultimately compelled a group of Sons of Liberty members on the night of December 16, 1773 to disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians, board three ships moored in Boston Harbor, and destroy over 92,000 pounds of tea. The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a “powder keg” of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable acts 1774
In retribution of the Boston Tea party the English Government. To punish the Massachusetts colony the port of Boston was closed, Committees of Correspondence (Colonial Meetings) were ended, This was done to make an example of Massachusetts and the Sons of liberty involved in the boston Tea party. -
1st Continental Congress 1774
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774.
The First Continental Congress brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts."
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Lexington & Concord 1775
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the beginning of the American Revolution ainst the British Colonialists. The battle took place on April 19th, 1775, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, near Boston. This battle marked the opening of armed hostilities between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America. -
2nd Continental Congress1775
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence -
Ft. Ticonderoga 1775
Built in 1755 by the French, Fort Ticonderoga controlled the southern part of Lake Champlain and guarded the northern approaches to the Hudson Valley. At 4 o'clock in the morning on May 10, 1775 Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen along with eighty Green Mountain Boys rushed out of the night to take Fort Ticonderoga. One British sentry outside the Fort's main gate attempted to fire at the patriot onslaught, but was foiled by wet powder in his musket's priming pan. As he rushed back into the Fort he -
Bunker Hill 1775
The battle took place on July 17, 1775. The colonists had gathered intelligence that the British were planning to move forces and occupy the surrounding hills. The elevated terrain would them become a mammoth tactical advantage. Which was why a force under William Prescott arrived there first, and built fortifications to launch a surprise attack.The British forces heard of this and concentrated on hitting back. -
Common Sense 1776
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of seeking independence was still undecided. -
Battle of New York 1776
When the British evacuated Boston in March 1776 early in the Revolutionary War, no royal government remained between New Hampshire and Georgia. New York, with its central location and superb harbor, was the logical place to reassert British authority. Congress—hoping to prevent such a reassertion and forestall the loss of overland communication between New England and the other colonies—urged Gen. George Washington to undertake the almost hopeless task of defending New York. Without a navy, -
Declaration of Independence 1776
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams had put forth a resolution earlier in the year, making a subsequent formal declaration inevitable. A committee was assembled to draft the formal declaration, to be ready when congress voted on independence. -
Battle of Trenton 1776
After being driven out of New York by the British and forced to retreat to the West bank of the Delaware during the late summer of 1776, the American cause was at a low ebb. In the harsh winter Washington was faced with the annual crisis of the expiry of the Continental Army’s period of enlistment. He resolved to attack the Hessian position at Trenton on the extreme southern end of the over extended British line along the Delaware, before his army dispersed.Washington’s plan was to cross the Del -
Battle of Princeton 1777
