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1754
The French and Indian War was between Great Britain and France also known as the Seven Years' War. The British had won the French and Indian War.

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The French and Indian War was part of the Seven Years War waged between France and England. They fought for control of North America and the rich fur trade. Background The French, who had a strong presence in the Great Lakes region early on, built a fort at Green Bay in 1717 to…

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1763-> 1766
The Sugar Act increased British revenue and was meant to prevent the smuggling of molasses and sugar.
3cents per gallon
smuggling was part of the salutary neglect

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october 7, 1765
anything printed would have a stamp on it and would have a tax
this was a huge tax, stamps were on any printed good, was a neccessity

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taxed by the British parliament on glass, lead, paint, and other necessities, to pay off the 7 years war
reasons behind boycotting british goods

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March 5, 1770
A street fight happened in Boston between American colonists and British soldiers. The fight began after an upset group of colonists, who were frustrated with the British soldiers in their streets, threw snowballs with rocks inside, ice and oyster shells at a British sentinel guarding the Boston Customs House.

the colonists had began to get more violent in their protests
tar and feather tax collectors and destroy property
first physical protest which resulted in death

patriots vs loyalists: stirrings

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On the cold, snowy night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent…

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December 16, 1773
The Boston Tea Party was a protest at Griffin's Wharf, Massachusetts. The colonists' argument was based on their phrase, “no taxation without representation,” which led them to dump 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. As a disguise, the colonists dressed as Native Americans.

first direct act of defiance, upset for being taxed without representation in parliament(governing body in Britain),

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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- create a declaration of rights
- enlightenment ideals: formally writing down these (what is the role of government how should they act)
- all the colonies were banding together, but they did not see themselves as unified, they wanted to be independent
- moving towards unification

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made in 1774 by parliament to place 5 laws in reactions to colonists defiances:

Boston Port Act.
Administration of Justice Act.
Massachusetts Government Act.
Quartering Act.
Quebec Act.

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Paul Revere warned colonists in the middle of the night that "the British are coming".
paul revere wasn't the only rider; Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington.
preparation for the battle of Lexington and concord

leads to the first battles as there is firing from both sides
lose the first part at battle of Lexington, but then fire on the British as they retreat (more minute men every minute)
embarrassed the british

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- remedy the damage between the british and the colonists
- trying to establish peace with british and british say f that
- common sense published in 1776 by thomas paine

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The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776
America's B-day