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French and Indian War
the end, the Indians were defeated with the American colonists. The was was finally over February 10th, 1763 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. France regained the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique but lost all of North America. Overall, the cost of the war was expensive, and the British looked to the colonies to help pay those costs, this was an attribute that led to the American Revolution. -
French and Indian War, Ellie B and Justine H
The French and Indian War was between Europe and the New American colonies. It started when George Washington, fighting with the indans, came upon a French scouting party and ordered his men to open fire killing 12 Frenchman and woudning 22. During the first two years of the seven year war, the British didn't do very well with their leader, General Barddock. However, the war changed tides in 1776 when Willima Pitt became Secretary of State and slowly began to capture all the French forts. But in -
Proclamation of 1763
History .comThe proclamation of 1763 was issued by king George lll. It was right after the French and Indian war ended to forbid settlers from settling past the border near the Appalachian Mountains. The king wanted to organize the land that Great Britain was now ruling. The proclamation showed proof of the land the ruled in Canada and that their laws applied in Quebec. The proclamation is what formed the Native American law in the united states and Canada, even to this day.
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The Sons of Liberty by Muriel Watson and Alicia Holmes
They would use violence and intimidation to threaten politicians and merchants such as Andrew Oliver, whose home they ransacked. This was one of the causes of the American revolution because the American people revolted against the strains the British government imposed on them. They colonists took it upon themselves to form their own government. http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/sons-of-liberty
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The Sons of Liberty by Muriel Woods and Alicia
The Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists in Boston, MA that banded together in 1765 to protest against the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a tax put on usage of paper enforced by the British government. The Sons of Liberty thought this was unfair and took away their liberty (hence the name and the cause). The Sons of Liberty used the press (ironically) to spread their purpose and violence to reinforce it. -
The Stamp Act, Courtney Hall, Hailey Kuykendall, Tyler Stuber
The Stamp Act was an act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from American colonies by putting a stamp on newspapers, legal documents, and commercial documents. The money earned from the Stamp Act was used to pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier. For the most part, the Stamp Act was enabled to earn money, instead of just enforcing taxes. The opposition of the colonies lead to the acts repeal in 1766, therefore starting a revolutionary act against the british -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts of 1767 were a series of measures introduced into parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles. The acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. The Townshend hoped it would defray imperial expenses among the colonies. The Americans felt like the British had no right to tax the colonies, viewing it as an abuse of Great Britain’s constitutional relationship with the colonies. -
Townshend Acts (Tanner and Madison)
In April 1770, Parliament repealed the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea. This led to the revolution by always having a resistance to the tax on tea. -
Boston Massacre
Between the American colonists and the British were already running high in the early spring of 1770 late afternoon a crowd was gathering near Boston’s Commons house. One of the colonists threw a snow ball at the guard and guns broke out. Five colonists were shot and killed including a freed black sailor Crispus Attucks. He was one of the first people to die in the American Revolution. This led directly to the Royal Governor evacuating the occupying British Soldiers from the town of Boston. -
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Tea Act (Riley and Blake)
In 1773, the East India Tea company was losing money from colonist who were smuggling in tea for cheaper prices. This affected the british economy so they lowered the tax on tea for india. This increased profit for the East India Tea company and britain. The colonists were unhappy because the east Indian company had a monopoly on tea in the colonies, due to the lower prices on tea. Because of the monopoly, the East Indian company placed a higher tax on their tea. This made it so that the colonis -
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Boston tea party
On May 10, 1773 the tea act adjusted import duties that could even undersell smugglers into the colonies. The company selected ambassadors in Boston, New York, Charleston, and Philadelphia. In September 500,000 pounds of tea were shipped across the Atlantic. The ambassadors in Charlestown, New York, and Philadelphia refused to accept the tea shipments. Boston’s merchants refused to -
1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress met in philadelphia to discuss the intolerable acts. The intolerable acts were a series of laws created in 1772 by British authority in response to the Boston Tea Party in order to assert the power of Parliament. Most major leaders of the colonies came to this meeting, such as Samuel Adams, John Adams, George Washington, and Patrick Henry. The Continental Congress discussed the protest of English government. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts was a name given by American patriots for five laws. Four of the laws that were passed were to only punish the people of Massachusetts for the Boston tea party. Other acts were enforced to change the royal charter of Massachusetts. One of the acts called the Quebec act, was passed by the British parliament, to create a permanent administration system into Canada. These acts created a huge amount of resistance which then helped grow into the American Revolution. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord (Ben)
The battles of Lexington and Concord where the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary war. Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith and about 700 British redcoatswere ordered to capture and destroy military supplies that were stored at Concord. But the Patriot colonist were alerted weeks ahead by Dr. Joseph Warren. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first shot was fired at Lexington at sunrise. The British were out numbered and fell back. The British had failed tomaintain the secrecy and speed to take out the Patriot colonist. this event was known as the “shot heard ‘round the world” from the first shot that had sparked the start of the revolutionary war in america. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 16th in the middle of the night the Americans set out to establish their position on Bunker Hill. From Bunker Hill the soldiers could invade the town and the ships in the Boston Harbor, but they accidentally went to Breeds Hill, which was closer to the British troops. In the morning the British saw the Americans were threatening them and went to attack but when they got close the Americans unleashed and most of the British were killed or wounded and the rest retreated. They charged the -
Battle of Bunker Hill
invincible.This made the king treat this as a real war and showed him that he could not just go into America and take it with ease. It also showed the king that the Americans had created an organized army. Hailey Johnson and Jojo Hillel -
Battle of Bunker Hill
hill again and retreated. They eventually charged the hill a third time and by that point most of the American ammunition was low so they fought hand to hand. The British ended up winning the battle and taking the hill. In the end close to half the British army was wounded or killed.
How it helped cause the American revolution:
During the Battle of Bunker Hill, the British suffered major casualties and this helped boost the moral of the Americans and show them that the British were not -
Thomas Paine Common Sense (Nicole Richardson & Jenn Rogers)
Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76. This book explained to the Thirteen Colonies that they needed to fight for independence from Great Britain in 1776. It clearly explained the advantages of and the need for independence. It was published on January 10, 1776, anonymously at the beginning of the American Revolution. Washington read it to all his troops, which had surrounded the British army in Boston. Common Sense helped present the American colonists with an argument for freed
