Coming of Independence

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Coming of Independence

French and Indian War 1754: Albany Plan of Union 1754 – 1763: 7 Years War 1763: 4 HUGE EVENTS! End of French and Indian War End of Salutary Neglect Pontiac’s Rebellion Proclamation Line of 1763

1760s Britain is in DEBT! Answer? Sugar Act: 1764 Stamp Act: 1765 Tax the colonists Sugar Act: 1764 Purpose to raise revenue Colonists Smuggled Stamp Act: 1765 Tax on 50 Commonly used goods Colonists = 

1760s….. Stamp Act Congress: 1765 Declaratory Act: 1776 Congress….. Colonies First attempt at colonial unity AGAINST British Declaratory Act: 1776 Britain can pass ALL laws (including taxes) in the future Townshend Acts: 1767 Tax on imports (tea, glass, etc.) Also repealed

1770s Boston Massacre: 1770 Tea Act: 1773 5 colonists are killed, no British soldiers Tea Act: 1773 Bail out British East India Company Colonists are  This leads to…….. Boston Tea Party: December 1773 Sons of Liberty This leads to……

1770s…… Intolerable/Coercive Acts (1774) Closed port of Boston Quartering Act This leads to…… 1st Continental Congress (1774) Colonial unity AGAINST the British Side Note: Quebec Act: 1774 Extended boundaries of French Canada Granted Canadians right to practice Catholicism

1770s…… Lexington and Concord: April 1775 “Shot heard round the world” Start of the Revolutionary War Second Continental Congress: May 1775 Managed War Effort, eventually moved towards independence De Facto Government Olive Branch Petition: July 1775 Attempt to avoid full-blown war with Britain

1770s…….. Common Sense: January 1776 Declaration of Independence: 1776 Thomas Paine (T-Paine) Yeah! Urged Colonists to break away from England Declaration of Independence: 1776 Formally broke away Influences: Enlightenment – John Locke

Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga: 1777 Battle of Yorktown: 1781 Significance: France enters war on behalf of the colonists Turning point in the war! Battle of Yorktown: 1781 Last major battle Peace of Paris: 1783