The French and Indian War of 1754 The war was started by the French and British on the same claims. Indians were crucial in the war they were allies to both sides of the war. The British were the strongest army in the entire world at the time but it wasn’t the easiest for Britain, their army was strong but it took them quite a while to defeat the french. The British won and kicked out the french from America permanently. Proclamation of 1763 King George declared a proclamation which meant colonists could not go past the Appalachian mountains, the Indians were getting worried that the colonists were going to far into Indian territory and the Indians did not want further conflict. But the colonists were angry because they were already past …show more content…
The committee made delivering information faster than by mail. It was also for sending information to colonies to tell them about what they are doing about the British rules. Townshend Acts The Townshend Act made it so all things from paint to wood were taxed. This was also another one of the British to tax the colonies. The colonists resisted to pay the tax. Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre happened when a group of colonists confronted eight British soldiers. They through things at the soldiers fired at them. Five colonists were killed during the event. Boston Tea Party The Boston tea party was when a group of people from the sons of liberty raided a British ship. They dressed like Mohawk Indians and dumped over 300 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. When the British heard about this this made them even more mad. Coercive/Intolerable acts The Coercive acts were renamed by the colonists to the intolerable acts. These acts were a lot of new laws that Britain made after the Boston Tea Party. This seriously angered the colonists even more. They did more boycotting the British and were annoyed . One law was that the colonists could not continue to make …show more content…
Their names were John Hancock and Samuel Adams. The British had a plan of ambushing and arresting them. Paul Revere found out about the redcoat’s plan. He had to warn them! When the British came, many minutemen were waiting for them. Samuel and John were safe, although many minutemen were either killed or only wounded. Second Continental Congress Not long after the battle of Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress chose to meet again in Philadelphia. The date was May 10, 1775 and they discussed how they should react with Britain. While some said that we should begin the war, many others said that they should act calmly and not start a war. When they came to a decision, it was that they should at least prepare for a war. Battle of Bunker Hill On the date of June 17, 1775, Many colonists and British troops had a war at Breed’s and Bunker Hill. In many ways the Colonists were way more strategic than the British were. One way was that a colonial war general had said, “Don’t fire until you see the white of their eyes,” after they were needing to save ammunition. The second way was that they had earthworks (small barrier) around them, and high ground. Disadvantages of the British were that they had bright red coats, and that they just ran into the battle with straight lines of
The French and Indian war was the final colonial war and it to place from 1689 to 1763. It was the last of four American wars. This war altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between British and the French. During this time each country fought for control of the continent with the help of the Native Americans and colonial allies. Britain and American colonies were defeated even though Britain had already won all the land (Document 1).
The French and Indian War began in 1754 (Check dates) a. The British fought against the French and its Native Indian allies for control of the Ohio River Valley b. A critical event in history, as noted by author, E.G. Storke in his book, The History of Cayuga County, “the French were vanquished and the sovereignty of the country conceded to England” A humiliating defeat for the French and its allies, Britain gained ---------------------- an enormous amount of territory
The French and Indian War altered the relations of the American Colonies and Britain through political, economic, and geographical issues. At the start of the French and Indian War the French owned a big majority of land but the during the war the French lost their land to the English. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 gave the English, the French land of North America (Doc A).
The French and Indian war roared to life when the British declared war in 1756. During the first three years of the war, the predominant French who made alliances with the Algonquian-speaking tribes, ruled the battlefield, convincingly defeating the British. By 1758, the tide turned to the British when they began to use the Indians to their advantage by making alliances with the Iroquois confederacy. The French suffered another blow when they were abandoned by the majority of their Indian allies. Outgunned and outnumbered, it seemed no change in sight to their plight, the French was bowed with a climax defeat at Quebec in 1759.
The British colonists were unsatisfied with the cruel treatment administered by King George. He unfairly began to tax everything imported to the Americas which caused them to suffer in poverty. Because they thought of themselves as citizens, the settlers abhorred the taxations made without their representation in the government. To elucidate their anger, the pioneers dressed up as Indians and threw dozens of barrels filled with tea into the Boston Harbor. Soon after this protest, King George wrongfully closed the Boston port to stop goods from arriving.
Web Project on the Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre occurred on the 5th of March 1770 on King street in Boston when five residents were killed when English soldiers fired into a crowd of people. The crowd was said to have been unruly, yelling insults at the soldiers, and throwing various objects including snow balls and oyster shells. Eventually when one of the soldiers was struck with a stick and fell to the ground the shooting began.
In the Battle of Bunker Hill, even though the Colonists soldiers retreated in defeat it had it’s great effect on the British. This battle is the first and one of the most important battles during the Revolutionary war. The Revolutionary war was the war between the patriots and the British who both wanted America. The two Major Generals in this particular battle name’s were General Howe who fought for the Colonists and General Artemus Ward who of course commanded the British. But though the battle is named ‘The Battle of Bunker Hill’, it was actually fought at the base of Breed’s Hill.
In 1754 the French & Indian War took place in many locations including Europe. India and North America. The French and Indian War, as it was referred to the colonies was the beginning of open hostiles between the colonies and Great Britain. England and France had been building toward conflict over domination in North America. William Pit saw the colonial conflicts as key to building a fast British empire.
The French and Indian War was one of the first battles that led to the strengthening of American colonies, and it was probably one of the pre-steps in the creation of the United States. The French and Indian war also known as the Seven Years’ war started in 1756. As France was expanding towards south and Ohio river, British claimed that France is getting into British territories, so they declared war on France. During the first months of the war and few years before that, French were more successful at gaining the support of the native Americans and British army had no interest in fighting away from home, so France won several battles. In 1757, British leader William Pitt paid Prussia to start a war in Europe which helped Britain to gain the
The French and Indian War was a war from 1754 to 1763 between the Kingdom of Great Britain and France in North America. The war extended to the world as part of the Seven Years War. It officially came to a close with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and North America territories were divided to United Kingdom. Spain ceded Florida to the United Kingdom. France ceded Louisiana to the east of Mississippi River to the United Kingdom as compensation.
The war was known as The Seven Years ' War to the British but to the Americans it was called The French and Indian War, it was the bloodiest American war in the 18th century taking more lives than the American Revolution. Spreading across and involving three continents which included much of Europe, the Caribbean and India. The war was sparked by a clash between the English and French over colonial territory and wealth. “The land- variously claimed by Virginians, Pennsylvanians and the French-was actually inhabited by more than a dozen Indian tribes.” (pg 130)
They end up going into a small “war” Lexington Green April 19, 1775, they didn’t plan to shoot but someone and they don’t know from which side shot the first shot and then all went loose. Men died and other men ran. The citizens of Boston ran the red coats out until they weren’t running it anymore. But only because Paul Revere rode through the night warning the men in the
They finally decided to plan a boycott of all British goods to show that they still had control over what happened to their colonies. This was a very smart and peaceful approach, and it showed the British government that the colonists could not be pushed around by pieces of
The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770, and resulted in the death of five innocent colonists. After the massacre, as called by Sam Adams, many colonists realized how ruthless the British Red Coats were, and colonial resistance towards England increased. The Boston Massacre was an
Then came the Boston Massacre. Angered by the presence of troops and Britain's colonial policy, a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house; a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and he shot his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which killed five civilians. Next came the Boston tea party. Angered by the Tea Acts, American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped £9,000 of East India Company tea into the Boston harbor. £9,000 equals $10221.30 in American money.