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Navigation acts
England began passing these navigation acts, these laws forced the colonists to sell to England even if they could get a better price elsewhere. -
molasses act
The Molasses Act was a British law passed in 1733 that taxed Molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the North American colonies from non-british countries -
fort ness
Washington had built fort ness but was soon attackedby the french -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1756 and ended in 1763. The British wanted to takeover the frenches territory. The governor of Virginia sent a militia which was led by George Washington. The French and natives attacked for ness and Washington surrendered -
Declatory acts
started that parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "In all classes whatsoever" -
townshend acts
By this point in the colonies, any British taxes angered colonists. Women started the doughters of liberty along with supported another boycott. -
Boston Massacre
March 15th, 1770 a fight occured between the bostains and the British soldiers. The angry mob of bostains was fired on. 5 people were dead with 3 injured. -
administration of justice
British officials charge with a capital offences. They had to be tried in another colony or England. -
Quebec acts
permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first. This was to the house of British troops -
First Continental Congress
In a warm September of 1774, 55 delegates gathered together to create a political body. these delegates named this political body the Continental Congress. They met in Phillidelphia with delegates from each of the 13th colonies except Georgia -
sugar act
in 1774 parliament passes the Sugar act. This new tax lowered the tax on molasses imported to the colonies. -
General Cage takes over Boston
The millitary governor General Thomas Gage, of Boston had order from the parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia. -
intolerable acts
They were 4 rules passed by the British parliament. intolerable means painful and unbearable. -
quartering act
permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first. This was to the house of British troops. -
stamp act
Patrick Henry VA house of burgesses the only sole and exclusive right and power to lay taxes on citizens. people boycotted and refused to buy British goods. -
Washington takes boston
Washington arrived in Boston area in 1775 shortly after the battle of Bunker hill. Washington had a good size militia but lacked key factors. By spring March, 17th, 1776, Washington thought his troops were ready to fight, and the cannons made it from Northern New York, ready to fight -
Paul Reveres Ride
Dr Warren alerted Paul Revere and William Dawes, who were member of the Sons Of Liberty. Revere and Dawes rode to lexington, a town east of Concord spreading the new that "THE BRITISH ARE COMING," -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Due to Revere and Dawes warning, 70 minutemen were waiting for 700+ redcoats. relizing that they were badly outnumbered, the minutemen were about to break. An unkown shot was fired and both sides engaged. A Torry had told general Gage that the miltitia was hiding weapons at a farm. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was a critical battlefield during the French and Indian War. Benedict Arnold raised a 400 man militia to seize fort Ticonderoga in New York near lake Chaplain. -
second continental congress
May 10th 1775, the second continental congress had met. Some very important people attended this session, such as John and Samuel Adam, George Washington, Etc. Along with some new people, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock. The second continental congress was a group of leaders to work together to create the Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Bunker hill
The battle of Bunker hill June 16th 1775. Colonists joined militias, soon the militia around Boston grew to 2000 men. The militia was low on ammo, and so colonel William Prescott gave the order "Dont fire until you see the white of their eyes -
olive branch petition
July 6th, 1775, the Olive Branch Petition assured King George lll that the colonists wanted peace, and asked to protect their rights. King George lll hired 30,000+ German mercenaries called hessians to fight alongside British troops. -
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec
On December 31, 1775, Benedict Arnold led an American group to capture the country of Quebec in the American Revolution War. They set on through the forests and wilderness to attack on Quebec which had failed. -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George lll
On April 27, 1776, King George lll hired heismen soldiers from Germany. King George lll had done this to help fight against the Emerican revolution -
DOI is signed
July 4th, 1776, 56 delegates signed the DOI. We see these 56 men as founding fathers, but England sees them as traitors. The DOI has 4 parts, such as Preamble, A section about the rights colonists think they should have, list of grievances against the actions of the parliament and the crown, and a section that proclaims the existince of a new nation.