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French And Indian War
The French and Indian war started in 1754-63 they fought across North America, most battles were fought in Canada and New York. Gorge Washington fought with the British in the war. The war ended in 1763 with the treaty of Paris in January 6, 1763. France lost Canada the British won parts of the world and Canada. -
The Proclamation of 1763
Wikipedia good relationship with the Indians because he wanted to be able to trade with them and in the future be able to purchase lands in the west. This proclamation also forbade citizens and the local government to buy land or make any agreements with the Native Americans; all interactions with the Indians would be controlled by the British government. Also, it only allowed licensed traders to travel west or to deal with -
The Proclamation of 1763
History.com The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7th, 1763. After the end of the French and Indian War (Seven Years’ War) the British government wanted to tighten its control over the North American colonies. So, King George III issued this proclamation which stated that colonists could not settle westward past the Appalachian Mountains. King George did this in part because he wanted to have a -
The Proclamation of 1763
Indians in the west. This was to also protect the colonists from any Indian attacks. This helped cause the American Revolution because colonists wanted to expand further west for better farmland while others simply didn’t like the restrictions on trade and migration that the proclamation enacted. It caused a lot more resent from the colonists towards that British monarchy which led the colonists to want to separate from the British rule because they found their rules unfair. -
The Sons of Liberty Form by Brady Brickman and Kenon Jeffers
The Sons of Liberty formed in the beginning of the summer of 1765. By the end of 1766, they had a presence in every colony. These men who formed the sons were not leading individuals, but tradesmen, shopkeepers, and printers. Two of the more prominent members, Benjamin Edes, and John Gill used their influence in the press to print a stream of publications on the acts of the sons. The group worked to unite the colonies, and were the leaders of the first acts of rebellion against the crown. -
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The Stamp Act
History The Stamp Act was a direct tax that the British Parliament put on most paper documents in the North American colonies. The colonists saw this as unconstitutional and thought that only their own assemblies could tax them. They created mobs, and would scare away the stamp collectors. In 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but created a Declaratory Act that gave them the authority to pass any colonial law they wanted. The Stamp Act created a strained relationship between the colonies and the Br -
Townshend Act
by the colonies, including tea, leading to the Boston Massacre on March 5,1770. Instructing Great Britian and the American Colonies lead to the American Revolutin. -
Townshend Acts Claire H and Carina C
The Townshend Act was proposed by Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of Exenquer. The act's attention was all on the British Land taxes and were going to the British Colonial Officials as their paychecks. Townshend created an idea charging high taxes to items imported from the colonies. A series of four acts passed by the British Parliment, veiwing that Townshend's idea was abusive to Great Britians constitution with the Colonies. The Townshend Act caused a lot of taxes in most supplies imported -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre accured on March 5, 1770 when a group of American colonists were protesting the British occupation of the Boston. They were irritating the British guards outside of the Customs house. British Captain Thomas Preston decided to have the rest of his men go outside of the Customs House and join the troops on guard. The American colonists responded angrily and began projecting items at the British troops, such as snowballs.
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The Boston Massacre
Private Hugh MOntgomery was hit and began firing, which caused the other troops to follow. When the shooting was over five colonists were dead. The five were Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, and James Caldwell. THe British were put on trial, and two were found guilty of manslaughter. THis caused the American Revolution because these deaths are known as the first fatalities in the American Revolution because these deaths are known as the first fatalities. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of patriots led by Samuel Adams.Protesting the monoply on american tea imports. They disguised themselfs as mohawk indians and threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the british east india company into the harbor. This helped cause the american Revolution by bringing the colonies together, because Britan attempted to single out and punish massachusets. The actions of the boston tea party also served as an example of resistance of resistance to british rule. -
The Tea Act of 1773
boston tea party The tea act was passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773 that granted the British East India Company Tea a “monopoly” over the sales of tea in the colonies. This is what caused the Sons of Liberty to act out against them, and so on the night of December 16, 1773, they disguised themselves Mohawk Indians and destroy over 92,000 pounds of tea aboard the British ships in the harbor of Boston. -
The intolerable Acts
The acts were put in place by King George the 3rd directly after the Boston tea party. The acts took away self-government and historical rights to the members of the 13 colonies in Massachusetts. A few of these acts included the stamp act and the Quebec act. The goal of the acts was to reverse colonial resistance to the parliament and its authority, but the acts did the opposite.
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The intolerable acts
The patriots saw the acts as a violation to their rights, and in September 1774 they organized the first continental congress to protest the acts. The protests caused tensions to rise, and eventually the American revolution broke out in April 1774 -
Continental Congress
o boycott on britain goods and to meet on may 10th 1775 for a second continental congress. In 1776 it voted for independence and then signed the Declaration of Independence. The Continental Congress helped start the American Revolution by declaring independence from Great Britain. Then when English troops came to regain control the Congress Founded the Continental Army under George Washington to combat them. -
1st continetal congress
The 1st Continental Congress was a meeting of 56 delegates with twelve out of thirteen Colonies being there Georgie not being there. it was met at Carpenter’s hall in Philadelphia in September 5th 1774. It discussed the “Intolerable Acts” by the British government punishing Massachusetts.Some of the delegates were Peyton Randolph controlling the proceedings, Henry Middleton being the president of congress and Charles Thompson was the Committee of Correspondence. There two accomplishments were t -
The battle of Bunker Hill
order having only suffered a few casualties. This battle showed the British that the Americans were willing to fight till the end. And that American forces could win if they believed in what they were fighting for even in a pitched battle. -
The battle of Bunker Hill
Colonial and British troops fighting during the siege of Boston. Sometimes referred too as the “Battle of Breed’s Hill”.The British won with heavy losses over 800 wounded and 226 killed including a large number of officers.The united colonies involved were Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. This battle is an example of a Pyrrhic victory, because the British victory coasted them nearly a third of their forces. Colonial forces were able to retreat and regroup in a good -
"Common Sense"
to make radical decisions to see chang in their society, and even in the face of treason and/or death Thomas Paine continued to speak his mind. His book not only helped common people who were ready for revolution its helped push George Washington and his army to pus for total victory. In conclusion this paphlet was wrtten to boost revolutionists spirits and it helped colonists turn America into the independent place it is today. -
Thomas Paines "Commonn sense"
Thomas Paine anonymously published his pamphlet " Common sense", Rober t Bell told him about the difficulties with printing this paphlet as it was ver anti government. After Bell succesfully printed it 100,000 copies were sold in 1776. People were excited about this revolutionary pamphlet, but they were still unaware who wrote it, considering Bell labled the book written by and English man and Thomas paines name was concealed for a large amount of time. This was a time period where pepople had
