US History Unit 2 Timeline by Jordan Bair https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a en-us 2016-09-01 17:05:00 UTC 2023-04-27 06:13:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/128226267/a240fa2ced965514efe16c76a8f8964fa047d41a/c3a154133224382485248e4ebd047f85.png French and Indian 1754 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121171378 Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. Lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France.]]> 2016-09-01 17:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121171378 Albany Plan of Union 1754 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121172240 It was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. ]]> 2016-09-01 17:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121172240 Pontiac's Rebellion 1763 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121172430 Pontiac’s Rebellion begins when a confederacy of Native American warriors under Ottawa chief Pontiac attacks the British force at Detroit. As the French and Indian Wars came to an end in the early 1760s, Native Americans living in former French territory found the new British authorities to be far less conciliatory than their predecessors. ]]> 2016-09-01 17:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121172430 Proclamation of 1763 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121172773 The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.]]> 2016-09-01 17:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121172773 Stamp Act 1765 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173088 The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years’ War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source.]]> 2016-09-01 17:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173088 Stamp Act Congress 1765 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173263
The Stamp Act was meant to make the Americans pay bigger and more direct taxes, as a result of a war that has left Britain with lesser treasures and greater debts. It was also passed to help keep troops on America. The Stamp Act was a law that placed taxes on every document. Tax stamps were needed for legal documents, marriage certificates, insurance policies, licenses and many others. Some objects which aren’t even documents such as dices and playing cards also needed tax stamps.


]]> 2016-09-01 17:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173263 Townshend Act 1767 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173424 A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.]]> 2016-09-01 17:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173424 Boston Massacre 1770 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173630
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. A squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds; among the victims was Crispus Attucks, a man of black or Indian parentage. 


]]> 2016-09-01 17:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121173630 Tea Act 1773 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121379745 On this day in 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade.]]> 2016-09-02 17:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121379745 Boston Tea Party 1773 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121379966 This famed act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. Seeking to boost the troubled East India Company, British Parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the Tea Act in 1773. While consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia rejected tea shipments, merchants in Boston refused to concede to Patriot pressure. ]]> 2016-09-02 17:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121379966 Intolerable Acts 1774 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380122 The Intolerable Acts, also called the the Restraining Acts and the Coercive Acts, were a series of British Laws, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain 1774. Four of the Intolerable Acts were specifically aimed at punishing the Massachusetts colonists for the actions taken in the incident known as the Boston Tea Party. The fifth of the Intolerable Acts series was related to Quebec was seen as an additional threat to the liberty and expansion of the colonies. ]]> 2016-09-02 17:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380122 First Continental Congress 1774 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380380 The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. Under the argument of “no taxation without representation,” colonists convened the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765 to vocalize their opposition to the tax. With its enactment in November, most colonists called for a boycott of British goods, and some organized attacks on the customhouses and homes of tax collectors.]]> 2016-09-02 17:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380380 Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380639 The Battle of Lexington was a very small fight. You could hardly call it a battle, but it's important because it's where the Revolutionary War started. When the British arrived, there were only around 80 American militiamen in the town. They were led by Captain John Parker. They were up against a much larger British force led by Major John Pitcairn. Neither side expected to actually fight, but in the midst of the confusion a gunshot went off forcing the British to attack. Some of the colonists were killed and the rest fled. 

]]> 2016-09-02 17:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380639 Second Continental Congress 1775 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380713 The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. The Congress balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison toGreat Britain. As the war progressed, the Congress became the effective national government of the country, and, as such, conducted diplomacy on behalf of the new United States.]]> 2016-09-02 17:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121380713 Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381003 On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill.]]> 2016-09-02 17:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381003 Declaration of Independence 1776 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381234 TheDeclaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776.
The declaration opens with a preamble describing the document's necessity in explaining why the colonies have overthrown their ruler and chosen to take their place as a separate nation in the world. All men are created equal and there are certain unalienable rights that governments should never violate. These rights include the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

]]> 2016-09-02 17:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381234 Battle of Trenton and Princeton New Jersey 1776 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381459 The Battle of Trenton was fought during the American Revolutionary war and it took place near Trenton, New Jersey. The battle was fought between the Americans against the Hessians and British troops after the Americans lost the battle in New York and were forced to retreat through New Jersey. The battle began on December 25, 1776 and ended on December 26, 1776]]> 2016-09-02 17:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381459 Battle of Saratoga 1777 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381638 The Battles of Saratoga were a series of military conflicts fought during September and October 1777 between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). The battlefield in which the British and American Forces fought during the Battles of Saratoga were located near Albany in Saratoga County, New York.]]> 2016-09-02 17:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381638 Treaty of Paris 1783 141556 https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381805 The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.]]> 2016-09-02 17:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/141556/yxb9brcs527a/wish/121381805