History - Early War
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
- Fought between Britain and France
- Britain won, securing France's land on the mainland
- Left Britain in debt
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ALBANY PLAN OF UNION
- First attempt to unify the colonies
- Suggested by Ben Franklin
- the crown regected the plan
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PONTIAC'S REBELLION
- War launched by native tribes
- Hundreds of colonists killed
- They did get the policies changed
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
- Issued by King George III
- Settlers couldnt move west
- The Appalachian mountains were the boundary
TREATY OF PARIS 1763
- Ended French and Indian War
- France sureendered their land
- Ensured safety to the colonies
STAMP ACT
- Mandated taxes on
- English imported tea
DECLARATORY ACT
- Repealed the Stamp Act
TOWNSHEND ACTS
- Levied more taxes on colonists
- Angered colonists...
- Taxed without representation
BOSTON MASSACURE
- Response to Townshend Act
- British Soldiers shot unarmed colonists
TEA ACT
- Enacted to help the
- British East India Company
BOSTON TEA PARTY
- Response to Tea Acts
- Men boarded ships to throw
- contents overboard
COERCIVE ACTS
- Used to punish Massachusetts
- Because of the Boston Tea Party
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
- Response to Coercive Acts
- Petition to stop the Coercive Acts
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
- First military engagement
- Start of Revolution
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
- Adapted the Declaration of Independence
OLIVE BRANCH PETITION
- Adapted by Second Continental Congress
- To avoid war between the colonies
COMMON SENSE
- Book written by Thomas Paine
- Encourage colonists to fight for independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- Document to declare freedom from Britain
- July 4, 1776
- Authored by Thomas Jefferson
