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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a period that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. The people that impacted the great awakeing are George White, Charles Chauncy, Jonathan Edward, Nathan Cole, Charles Woodmasop, and Giber Tennet. The Great Awakening was impacted because people wanted to descover more. The Great Awaening took lace in Boston. -
French and Indian War
The French and the British began making plans for another war. The French had a strong central Government, stratecally placed forts, extensive alliaces with American Indians, and around 6,600 well-traind troops. The British did not have a strong United government in the colonies. Many British colonist recongnized that their lack of unity was a dangerous weakness. British had one the war and the French had lost! -
Proclamation of 1763
Pontiacs Rebellion caused great concern in British Government. To avoid more loss of life, the British issued the Proclamation of 1763. Many colonist hated the Proclamtion. The Proclamation proved difficult to enforce and was ignored by most people that wanted to settle or trade in the Ohio River Valley.The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act set duties, or taxes, on the molasses and sugar imported by colonist. The Sugar Act was the first law passed by the parliament that was disigned specifically to raise money in the Colonies. What led to the Sugar Act is the Britian brought thought that the colonies should pay for thr French and Indian War because they were in dept so that is how thw Sugar Act Sarted. -
Stamp Act
This event was important because the colonies needed to find a better way to find out how to pay for their share of military expenses. Not having enough money made this happen. This Stamp Act was passed in March 1765, the act affected most Colonies.The Stamp Act met great resistance in the colonies. The colonies sent no representatives to Parliament, and therefore had no influence over what taxes were raised, how they were levied, or how they would be spent. -
TownshendActs
In June 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which placed duties on important glass, lead, pants, paper, and tea. Many colonist thought that the Townshend Acts took too much power away from colonail courts and legislatures and gave it to royal officials. Britian had been unable to control the smuggleing that was common throughout the colonies. the colonist responded to the Townshed Acts with another large-scale boycott of British goods. -
Boston Massacre
Many Bostonians saw the presence of British troops as a threat by the British government against its critics in Massachusetts.Some colonist agreed with local leader Samuel Adams, who said " i look upon British soldiers as foreign enimies." The soldiers knew they wern't welcome so both sides started name caling, arguments, and fights. Between Bostonians and the soldiers it was very common. The tension finally exploded on March 5,1770. -
Tea Act
Parliament agreed and passsed the Tea Act in 1773. Other Colonist were concernd that if the British East India company gained monopoly on the Tea trade, other British companies would follow its example and treaten colonial businuesses.The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
Three ships loaded with British tea arived in Boston Harbor in November 1773. On the night of December 16, a group of Colonist disguised as indians crept onto each of the three tea-filled ships. After dumping 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor, the Colonist headed home to remove their disguises. The colonist did not get arrested for dumping the tea overboard. -
Battle of Lexington/Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was made up of two battles that began on April 18th, 1775. British troops were sent to Concord to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, but both men had been warned about the British attack. The night of April 18th, Paul Revere rode through Concord warning everybody about the British attack. So when the British came in to take and attack the Rebels, the Minutemen, Americans who were"ready to fight in a minute," were waiting to attack at Lexington. The America -
Battle of Buncker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill." -
Common Sense
Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great BritainPaine passionately argued for independence from Great Britain -
Declaration of Independene
Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence. He wrote it to summarize the philoshopy of self evendent truths.Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga is considered to be the major turning point of the American Revolution. This battle proved to the world that the fledgling American army was an effective fighting force capable of defeating the highly trained British forces in a major confrontation. As a result of this successful battle, the European powers took interest in the cause of the Americans and began to support them. -
Battle Of Yorktown
While large armies were doing battle in the East, small groups of men were fighting over large areas of territory in the West. The Battle of Yorktown was the last major engagement of the American Revolution (1775-1783).On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a estimation of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia. -
Treaty of Paris
By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France lost Canada in favor of Great Britain and all claims to territory east of the Mississippi, while Spain, in order to recover Cuba which Britain had taken, ceded Florida. New Orleans went with Louisiana to Spain, but with these exceptions England now held the whole of North America east of the Mississippi. -
Intolerable Acts
As a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, in the spring of 1774 Parliament passed the Coerave Acts,which colonist called the Intolerable Acts. The first of these laws shut down Boston Harbor Until Boston paid the cost of the destroyed tea.
