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The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a more centralized government for the colonies. The Albany Plan of Union was called to respond to the inevitable French and Indian War and negotiate with the Mohawk Native Americans.
Why Significant?
The albany plan was to place the British North American Colonies under a more concentrated and centralized government . The albany plan was never carried out and despite being the first proposal to make the colonies a collective whole. The albany plan was important for this reason.
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Pontiac's Rebellion was a siege fought between the Ottawa Chief Pontiac and the British Major Henry Gladwin at a Fort at Detroit in 1762.
Why Significant?
This fight lead to tension between the Colonists and the Native Americans. This fight demonstrated the struggle of European-American territorial expansionism. This struggle contributed to the deterioration of the real
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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pontiacs-rebellion-begins

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The Proclamation of 1763 was a document issued by the British Government on October 7th, 1763 (go figure). It was the first royal measure to affect all thirteen colonies. What the Proclamation did was it closed down colonial expansion past the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were not permitted to make any contact with the Native Americans, including participating in trade deals with them or raiding their villages.

Why Significant?
The Proclamation of 1763 was important, as it was one of the first events to cause the colonists to get angry at Great Britain. One reason for this anger was because of the fact that colonists wanted better farmland than what the 13 colonies provided them, and another reason was because they did not want Great Britain to boss them around. Because of this, the Proclamation failed its purpose.
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https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of#:~:text=In%20response%20to%20Pontiac's%20Rebellion,colonial%20expansion%20westward%20beyond%20Appalachia.

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The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses and the houses of sellers of wine.
Why Significant?
The Quartering Act further enraged the colonists by having what appeared to be foreign soldiers boarded in American cities and taking away their authority to keep the soldiers distant.
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https://www.britannica.com/event/Quartering-Act

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Stamp Act: an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.
Declaratory Act: In 1766, declared by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It claimed that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonists for revenue in the Sugar Act in 1764 and the Stamp Act in 1765.
Why Significant?
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax which was used to help the British pay for the expenses from the French and Indian war. This act was significant because without the taxes it would have been a lot more difficult to collect money that paid for the war.
The declaratory act was significant because it was passed by the British Parliament to proclaim its power and authority to legislate for the colonists. The declaration claimed that Parliament's authority was the equal in America as in Britain and maintained Parliament's authority to pass laws that were irrevocable on the American colonies and their people.
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https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act

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The townshends acts were a series of regulations passed by the British parliament in 1767, that taxed the American colonists on glass, lead, paint, paper, tea, and chinaware. It was meant as a replacement for the Stamp Act after it’s repeal, and was an attempt to make up for the losses incurred by repealing the aforementioned act. The funds raised were used to pay the salaries of higher up colonial government officials

Why Significant?

The Townshend acts were important because they were another example of the British government trying to raise money by taxing the colonists. It was another act that reminded the colonists that they were subject to the far-away British crown with only their own interests at heart. This in result caused more protests from the colonists, as well as increasing the tension between the colonists and the British parliament. The British sent troops to occupy colonial cities in response, which led to the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts.

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https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts#:~:text=The%20Townshend%20Acts%2C%20named%20after,tea%20imported%20to%20the%20colonies.&text=He%20estimated%20the%20duties%20would,the%20revenue%20coming%20from%20tea.

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The Boston Massacre was a riot turned deadly between the British troops and colonists in Boston, Massachusetts. Colonists were growing tired of the British rules and regulations imposed on them without representation in Parliament. Colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at the soldiers, and it escalated when a soldier yelled "fire", and gunshots rang out, killing 5 and injuring 6.
Why Significant?
The Boston Massacre was a display that the relationship between the colonists and the British army is straining. After laws such as the Townshend Acts and the Stamp Act had been passed, the British had been actively trying to steal from the colonists, and they weren't just going to stand around. The Boston Massacre was the first altercation between the colonists and the British.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ee1RAhDm3w

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre

https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.html

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest that occurred at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts on December 16, 1773. After the Tea Act of 1773 was imposed by the British Parliament, the angry American colonists dumped 342 boxes of tea imported by the British East India Company into the harbor chanting the phrase, “taxation without representation."

Why Significant?
This event was important because it fueled the tension that had already begun between Britain and America. It led to  Boston Harbor shutting down. For weeks after the Boston Tea Party, the 92,000 pounds of tea dumped into the harbor caused it to smell. As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for.

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https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party

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After the Boston tea party, England saw it fit to pass these laws, and all five are grouped together as the Intolerable Acts:

1. Boston Port Act: Directly after the tea party, the colonists were punished by closing the boston ports. They would remain closed until the colonists paid for the tea they spilled. The colonists saw this as unfair because it was only a couple of the citizens and they were all being punished.

2. Massachusetts Government Act: The Governor, who was appointed by Great Britain, was given more power, and the colonists were given less. The government officials that used to be elected would now be appointed by the governor. There could only be one town meeting a year. This infuriated the colonists because this meant they might do this to all colonists,

3. Administration of Justice Act: The governor would be allowed to move the capital trials against government officials to England. The colonists thought this was wrong because it gave way too much power to the officials and they thought it would let them get away with murder

4. Quartering Act: Colonies had to provide shelter for british soldiers.

5. Quebec Act: The Quebec act was an act to give the french people more rights as citizens. A new governor and council was appointed, and put a french civil code in place. Also, recognition was given to the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec along with the boundaries of Quebec were extended. .This was significant because it angered the Patriots in the 13 colonies and helped speed up the process of the start of the American Revolution because they were not getting those rights that they deserved.

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What? The First Continental Congress was made up of delegates from the colonies that met in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia in 1774. All colonies sent delegates except Georgia...

The First Continental Congress’s purpose was to be the first form of governing among the 13 colonies.

Why Significant?

The First Continental Congress was important because they wanted to discuss and solve the current events that getting the rights of their people pushed more after they were forced upon with taxes and rebelled because of the unfair taxes.

Where?

The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Specifically, the meeting occurred in the Carpenter’s Hall, a meeting hall with Georgian Architecture. The meetings of the First Continental Congress happened here, specifically from September 5 to October 26, 1774.

Who?

The leader of the First Continental Congress was Peyton Randolph, a representative of Virginia and had served as the Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Another notable person to attend the meeting was George Washington at the time a celebrated war leader, who later went on to become the first president of the United States. The second president(John Adams) was also there as a representative from Massachusetts. Patrick Henry who went on to become the first governor of Virginia and uttered the famous quote, “Give me liberty, or give me death.”

Why Did the First Continental Congress Meet?

As stated previously, the First Continental Congress met due to the perceived unfairness of the taxes and laws being levied upon the colonies. To add specificity, the First Continental Congress met as a response to the Intolerable Acts, a series of unfair acts, including various taxes and unfair laws, that the colonists had no say in.

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https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress#:~:text=On%20September%205%2C%201774%2C%20delegates,resistance%20to%20Parliament's%20Coercive%20Acts.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-continental-congress-convenes#:~:text=Patrick%20Henry%2C%20George%20Washington%2C%20John,Jay%20were%20among%20the%20delegates.

https://www.carpentershall.org/

https://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/related/congress.html

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress

Ryan Winters and James Vandemeulebroeke