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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was an unorganized movement of Christian sermons and church meetings. It took place in the Colonies from Georgia to England. The sermons were in churches or open fields. Minister thougth there was a lack of devotion to religion so to inspire people they began meetings and sermons. People were deeply inspired to go to the meetings and sermons and soon enough people came not only for religious reasons but also to discuss other maters such as politics, economy, and trade. A feel -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began when the Frech and British started to make plans for war. They were fighting for control of North America. The colonist wanted to make the Albany Plan but the colonial government rejected it. The Native Americans sided with both the French and the British. Fort Necessity was built by George Washington and was later attacked by the British as the first attack of the war. The French lost about 50 men, but the British lost almost 500 men. The British later captured Q -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 saved a lot of lives. It banned British settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. The British thought there would be more bloodshed if colonists continued to move onto the native lands. earlier Pontiac, a native, rebelled against the colonists. The proclamation led to the sugar act and the stamp act. -
Sugar Act
The sugar was the first law passed by the Parliament. It put a t ax on sugar and molassess imported by colonists to pay for military sevices. The colonists were upset and believed the British didn't have the right to tax them without their consent and merchants thought it would hurt their buisness. The colonials boycotted and protested. The British then repealed the act. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a replacment for the sugar act. Colonists were requuired to pay for an official stamp any time they bought paper item, if they did not, they would be sent to jail. Once again the colonials were angry, protested and boycotted. They thought it was a violation of independence. The British repealed the act and placed the Townshend Act. -
Townshend Act
This act was to try and stop colonists from smuggling as well ascollect taxes. Colonails thought the act took too much power from the colonial courts, so they boycotted, protested, and refused to buy chlothes from the British. There were taxes on paints, lead, glass, paper, and tea. This event lead to the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
This was importat because the colonists used this event as evidence againts the British. There wasan argument between some colonists and a single British soldier. The colonists threw snowballs and rocks at the soldier, quickly drawing a crowd. More soldiers came and shot into the crowd, killing 5 peopole. The British repealed the Townshend Act and replaced it with the Tea Act. -
Tea Act
This was important becaus eit stopped some of the smuggling going on and to raise taxes for the colonies.Once again the colonist were upset, merchants and smugglers feared the cheap tea would put them out of buisness. The British thought that the cheaper the tea, the less the smuggling, the more tax money they would get. Colonists oopposed, protested and boycotted the tea act, but the British gained monopolies,and threatened the colonial companies. This eventually led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party gave the British the message on how unhappy the colonists were. 3 British ships were not allowed into the Boston harbor unless they payed, which they refused to do.Some colonists dressed up as native americans, snuck onto the ship, and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbor. The British made many rules and consequences in which were included in the Intolerable Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
This act was to show Britain's power. The British set up many rules and conssequences such as:closing the boston harbor until Boston paid for the ruined tea, cancelling the Masachusetts charter, and moveing royal colonial officials to Britain for trial. Also they put the quatering act on the colonies. This meant that the colonials were required to house soldiers. Colonists worte play, pamphlets, and editorials to criticize the British. Many tried to boycott and protest. This led to many battles. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of many.It was important because it showed the British that the colonists were fed up with their rules and acts. The British began looking for weapons among the colonists, but the colonials had already hidden them. The British then set fire to a few buildings, at which the colonists charged forward at. This led to the battle of Bunker Hill and many others. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle was the result of the battle of Concord and Lexington. It demonstrated that deespite Britain's supeior firepower, the colonies could withstand a frontal assault from Britain. They attacked eeach other on Bunker Hill. The colonists suffered over 600 less deaths than the British. This ledt o the writing of a pamphlet called common sense by Thomas Paine. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was written by a man called Thomas Paine. It is a 47 page pamphlet with about 120,000 copies sold in the colonies and over 50,000 in Europe. This pamphlet helped to put some common sense into people and slowed the war waging betweeen the colonies and Britain. The colonies turned their attention to Britain- they loved the idea of becoming seperate from Britain. The British had no control and could do nothing. -
Declaration of Independence
The Daclaration was written to declare indpendence from England and to state why they were seperating.The basic structure of the document is 400 words in the begining and end that state the principles and beliefs of the Declaration and 1,000 words in the middle that states the abuses of the king. The colonies became free and independent states meant that all connections with England were dissollved and each state had the same rights as any other nation. This led to the Battle of Saratoga. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga happened after the Declaration was formed and America declared itself its on country. The colonists slowly overcame the British, until finally, the British surrendered. This Americaan victory boosted foeign countries to help the colonies. The French then declred their support for the Americans. This battle led to the Battle of Yorktown. -
Battle of Yorktown
his battle virtually ended the war. The colonists were holding a seige on Yorktown that lasted for weeks. The French prevented the British from entering the bay so they had no re-enforcments. The colonists were preparing for an attack when the British surrendered. This led to the Treay of Paris -
Treaty of Paris
The Treay of Paris ended the war between the British and the colonies. A committee from the continental congress began peace negtiations with the British. New borders were formed in America. They were both cooperating and seriously negotiatiating peace. Both countries agreed and America became its own country. The war was over.
