Revolutionary War

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French & Indian War

• George Washington lead the Indians.

• The French and Indian War Started in 1753.

• Washington had 150 men.

• The French had twice as many troops.

Although Washington lost the battle he gained valuable experience.

Albany Plan of Union

• In 1754 seven colonies sent representatives to a congress in Albany, New York.

• Ben Franklin made a proposal called the Albany Plan of Union.

• Ben Franklin wanted the colonies to join together to fight the French.

• The Colonists won.

Pontiac’s Rebellion

• With the defeat of the French, British colonist began moving west of the area French had claimed.

• An Ottawa chief from the Great Lakes region united several Native American nations to stop them.

• In response, the British government issued Proclamation of 1763.

Treaty of Paris

• In 1763, The Treaty of Paris ended the war and changed boundaries dramatically.

• France lost all land claims in North America.

• The cost of this protection caused trouble between Britain and its colonies.

Townshend Acts

• The Townshend Acts taxed paint, paper, glass, lead, tea were very strong.

• The colonists wanted to be taxed only by their own lawmakers.

• The colonists called themselves the Daughters of Liberty, Sons of Liberty.

Boston Massacre

• On March 5, 1770 Boston exploded.

• The group, led by Crispus Attucks and others, began to throw snowballs at a British soldier on duty.

• Attucks and two other men lay dead.

• Two more would die later from their wounds.

The Tea Act

• After the Boston Massacre, the colonies stayed calm for a few years.

• They kept tax on one product-tea to show the colonists that Britain still had the right to tax them.

• Parliament passed the tea act in 1773.

• The Sons of Liberty had a secret plan.

The Boston Tea Party

• On a December evening in 1773, the Sons of Liberty held what would soon become the most famous ”tea party in history.

• They hauled 342 chests of tea on deck and dumped them overboard.

Intolerable Acts

• Parliament, British public, and especially King George III were outraged by it.

• For months Parliament debated how to punish the colonists.

• In the spring of 1774 they passed what the English called the Coercive Acts.

Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Some of the colonists responded by preparing to fight .

• That night , two men, Paul Revere, and William Dawes, snuck out of Boston on horseback to tell everybody that the British were coming.

Battle of Bunker Hill

• On June 23, 1775, Washington headed to Boston to take command of his new army.

• On the night of June 16, 1,000 minutemen marched in the dark to Bunker Hill.

• The British won.

Olive Branch Petition

• On July 5, 1775 the colonists voted to send King George III a petition.

• This petition was called the Olive Branch Petition.

• In it they begged King George III to bring about a happy and permanent reconciliation.

• The King refused, calling the colonists rebels.

Declaration of Independence• Jefferson spent two

weeks writing and rewriting the Declaration of Independence.

• On July 4,1776, Congress officially approved the Declaration of Independence.

• Jefferson wrote the words all men are created equal.

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