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Navigation Acts
A series of laws called The Navigation Acts passed in the 1650s. The law forced colonists to sell their raw materials even if they could get a better price from someone else. The English did this so they could be richer than other countries -
Molasses Act
A British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the North American colonies from non-British countries. -
Fort Necessity
In the spring of 1754, George Washington was chosen to be the leader of a militia in Virginia. They were going to fight the French, so they set up Fort Necessity. The French took the fort over and George Washington and his militia surrendered. -
French and Indian War
In August of 1756, after both the colonists and the French wanted the Ohio River Valley they started fighting about until February of 1763 -
Sugar Act
In April of 1764, the Sugar Acts were passed. It made Mollases cheaper, to make people stop smuggling. -
Stamp Act
In March of 1765, the stamp act was passed. This added tax on every paper that was printed. -
Declaratory Acts
When Parliament took back the Stamp Act, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act
Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies “ In all cases”!!! -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was a tax on things imported into the colonies. These were the things that were taxed, Glass, Lead, Paper, Tea, and Paint. -
Boston massacre
This was the day when a group of Redcoats shot at a group of Bostonians throwing snowballs, then ice, and more stuff that hurt. then one of the Bostonians hit one of the red coats, making his gun misfire. -
General Gage takes over Boston
Due to the Massachusets Government Act, General Gage was put as Governer of Boston and had rules with strict punishments put in, he had soldiers living everywhere in Boston -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were when Parliament passed a set of laws that made life bad for people in the colonies like having to have a military leader. They did this because the colonists kept rebelling against the law. -
Quartering Acts
It was one of the intolerable acts, basically, It gave soldiers the right to live inside someones house or kick them out and live there. -
Administration of Justice
People could go and have a trial and be charged in Britain -
Quebec Act
A government was created for Canada and the area was expanded to the Ohio river. -
First Continental Congress
55 delegates met to create a political body named The Continental Congress. They were representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies. -
Paul Reveres Ride
Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night to notify the town of Lexington that the British were coming. Samuel Prescott further carried the message to Concord. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Due to Revere and Dawes's warning, 70 Minutemen were waiting for the 700 English Redcoats on the morning of April 9th, 1775. They were badly outnumbered, and the Minutemen were about to break when an unknown shot went off, which started the war. When the Minutemen were pushed back to the North Bridge, they engaged in guerilla warfare and pushed the British back to Boston. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga, a fort in NY, near Lake Champlain was a stockpile of weapons. Ethan Allen and the Green Mountains Boys attacked and took over the base. -
The Second Continental Congress
Most people from the first Continental Congress came, But some new people like Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and, Thomas Jefferson. They set up the first Post Office, and made the Continental Army which fought against the redcoats. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was when the Patriots set up a small fort on Breeds Hill with the hight advantage the patriots were able to clear waves of British. They kept doing this until they ran out of ammo and had to retreat. This was called a British Victory but the patriots killed much more of the soldiers. -
Olive Branch Petition
A petition to the king that the colonists wanted peace and to protect their rights. The king rejected the offer. -
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quubec
After taking Fort Ticonderoga Arnold felt confident and wanted fame so he went to take Quebec but his soldiers packed little Ammo and other supplies. Because of Arnold's loss, he was blamed but he was not really congratulated on his win in fort ticonderoga. -
Washington takes Boston
On the night of March, 16th, 1776, Washington positioned around 60 cannons on positions overlooking Boston. When the Redcoats woke up they saw a bunch of cannons and retreated to Nova Scotia. -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III
Because Britain wanted more power parliament hired
30,000 German soldiers to fight for the king. These soldiers were ruthless and pure murders, they were stocked with, Muskets, Knives, and, Pistols, and even their hats were a weapon for them -
Declaration of Independence is signed
On July, 4th, 1776, After 4 weeks of debating over if they should declare independence. The members of the Second Continental Congress signed the paper and they knew this would be very risky and overwhelming.