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Aye Aye American Revolution
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The American Revolution : A Timeline
By Sofia, Camille, and Olivia
Parliament
~Britain Creates Parliament, lawmaking system - 1630 - pg 73
Parliament
King James II
King
James II
~King James II crowned king - 1685 - pg 73
~Colonists learn King James II was overthrown by Great Rebellion - 1689 - pg 73
~Replaced by King William and Queen Mary
First American Upheaval
~When king James was overthrown, the colonies of MA, NY, and Maryland rebelled - pg 75 -
First
American
Rebellion
Navigation Act
Parliament instates Navigation Act to control colonial trade - mid 1600s - pg 76
~England Believes control of trade would lead to British success - pg 76 -
Navigation
Act
Great Awakening
~Religious leaders swept America with powerful sermons - mid 1600s - pg 78 -
~ Ideas of religious freedom inspired colonists to fight for political freedom - pg 79 -
Great
Awakening
*Jonathan Edwards, leading preacher of Great Awakening*
The French and Indian War
~French and British fought over land in the mid 1700s - pg 86 -
~Really got going when George Washington surrendered to the French in Pennsylvania - pg 86 -
~Turned it into a world wide war!
~1756-1757 - pg 86 -
The French and Indian War
Boston Massacre
~Colonists threw rocks and snowballs at british officers at customs house - 1770 - pg 103 -
~British fired into crown and killed five - pg 103 -
Boston
Massacre
Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
~Colonists were boycotting tea to protest the taxes + smuggling Dutch tea - 1773 - pg 103 -
~Caused financial problems for The Britain East India Company
~Parliament let them sell directly to colonies - pg 103 -
~Cheaper than smuggled tea - pg 103 -
~Colonists felt Britain was tricking them - pg 103 -
December 16th, 1773:
~Colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans - pg 103 -
~Boarded the ship with the tea and threw the tea overboard - pg 103 -
Boston
Tea party
Representation of the Boston Tea Party
Parliament's Response
to the Boston Tea Party
Parliament's Response
~Parliament passed the Coercive Acts - pg 104
~Quebec Act - pg 104
~Canada's southern border moved south - pg 104
~Took a lot of colonial land - pg 104
~Colonists must pay for the tea and tax - pg 104
~Until they did, the port was closed - pg 104
~Increased governor's power - pg 104
~Decreased power of town meetings and elected assembly - pg 104
~In order for these to be upheld British officials came - pg 104
~Colonists must provide homes and food for them - pg 104
Quartering and Stamp Acts
Quartering and
Stamp Acts
~Parliament first installed the Quartering act, forcing colonials to house British forces - 1765 - pg 100
~Parliament then installed Stamp act, directly taxing all printed items - 1765 - pg 100
~Caused biggest riot ever in Boston, british officers abused their power - pg 102 -
Continental Congress
~To bring together colonists, delegates from every colony except Georgia banded together and created the first continental congress - 1774 - pg 104 -
Continental Congress
*Patrick Henry, first Virginia delegate, famous for declaring "Give me liberty or give me death" in response to british*
Independence!
~Early 1776, congress wanted to declare independence, but some nervous - pg 112 -
~July 4, 1776, congress voted, English colonies now The United States of America - pg 112 -