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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was the result of Christian ministers trying to boost the entusiasm of religion in the colonies. Many ministers felt that the religious spirits of people were fading so they tried to boost the devotion of religion by giving more sermons. As a result of this, more people began to practice their religion, it changed peoples religious views and faith throughout the colonies and many other places throughout the world. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought for the terriotory in the colonies, from this the British suffered from great debt. To solve their debt problems Great Britian began taxing the colonies. In order to make the colonies obey the tax, Britian formed the Proclamation of 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a document that banned further British settlement in the colonies and had colonists removed from the upper Ohio River. It was made because leaders were worried that there would be more fighting if the colonists moved on to Indian Lands. Many colonists hated the Proclamation because they wanted to expand after France's defeat. Later, the colonists still expanded even though the document exsisted. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first law Parliament passed that raised money for the colonies after the French and Indian War by putting taxes on sugar and mollasses. The colonists were upset by this, they believed taxes were unfair and bad for bussiness. Also, they though the British did not have the right to tax them without their consent. Colonists protested against this, and even made a protesting group called the Committees of Correspondence. -
Stamp Act
After the Prime Minister heard many complaints about the Sugar Act, he asked if they had a better way of paying the military expenses, when no one came up with an answer Grenville came up with the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act proposed that colonists must pay a tax for all paper items. The colonists were enraged by this, the protested by making a society called the Sons of Liberty that used violence to frighten the tax collectors. -
Townshend Acts
Since the Stamp Act did not resolve disagreements between Parliament and the colonies, Parliament placed the Townshend Acts which added duties on imported glass, lead, paints, and tea. During this Act, the British were allowed to search for smuggling in the colonies, many colonists thought this took pwer away from the courts and legislatures. One group called The Daughters of Liberty protested this by making their own supplies, instead of buying British goods. -
Boston Massacure
On March 5th, 1770 a British soldier got into a fight with a civilian and struck him. As word spread about this a mob of furious civilians grew. The soldiers ended up firing and killing some of the colonists. The colonists were enraged by this and used it as propoganda against the British. The event lead to Parliament reapealing the Townshend Acts but leaving the tax on tea. -
Tea Act
The tax on tea cause by the Boston Massacure was called the Tea Act. Although the British thought it would reduce stress throughout the colonies it only enraged them more because they were afraid the British's cheap tea would put them out of bussiness. After this happened the colonists protested by holding the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
As a result of the Tea Acts, the colonists protested by having the Boston Tea Party. On December 6th, 1773 the colonists snuck into some British ships full of Tea. They dumped over 340 chest of tea then went back. After this Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts as a punishment. -
Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts as a punishment. This act had many effects but the main one was thats Boston Harbor was closed until Boston paid for the wasted tea. The British believed that this would bring order back to the colonies but it only made the colonists angrier. -
Battle of Lexington/Concord
The Battle of Lexington/concord was the first battle of the Revolution. Local spies began by alerting the citizens that the British were coming. Minutemen prepared for the battle. After the first shot was fired, the battle ended in minutes, where eight minutemen died. As the British moved forward to Boston the minutemen swarmed and fired, more than 250 British men perished, wounded, or missing. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on May 10th, 1775. The battle occured when the British tried to get into the city of Boston. The British moved forward towards the colonists while they waited. The colonists let fire on the British, and the British retreated twice. But after the colonists were out of ammunition, the British rushed forward, the colonists had to retreat. Although the colonists lost the battle, it proved that they could take on the British. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a phamplet written by Thomas Paine, but at the time it was published anonymously. It prompt seperation from the Great Britian adn that citizens should make the laws instead of kings and queens. It changed the way colonists thought about their king, and it showed a way to abolish tyranny. This phamplet inspired many of the documents in society that still apply to this day. -
Declaration of Independence #1
The Declaration of Independence is a document created in 1776 for the citizens to declare freedom and to state the reasons why. In total the record consists of about 1400 words, 400 words make up the beginning and end to explain the beliefs and principals plus the other 1000 to justify the abuses by King George. Some of these abuses are: Abuse of Law, Abuse of Power, corruption in government and high taxes. King George was a tyrant who did not enforce any of the laws governing freedom. -
The Declaration of Independence #2
The Declaration of Independence is the foundation of our country. It was written by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The main writter though, was Thomas Jefferson. On July 4th, 1776 the document was accepted by the Continental Congress and the United States was formed. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the most fantastic victory for the colonists yet. The British had excellent stragigetic planning for their next invasion, While General Burgoyne’s army would invade from Canada then head to Albany, General Howe's army would meet him back in New York. Howe's army did not show up at Albany so Burgoyne was outnumbered. The colonists deafeated the British easily to again prove that the colonists could take on the British. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown took place on October 19th, 1781, it was the last major battle of the Revolution. After week sof fighting the British became weak and General Washington got ready to have a attack on the British but the British surrendered and the Prime Minister declared that the war was all over. -
Treaty of Paris
Following the Battle of Yorktown, the Treaty of Paris was made. It made Great Britian accept that the United States was independent and it set borders to America. Also, Britian accepted the American rights to settle and trade past the original thirteen colonies.