Period 3: 1754-1800 Flashcards
French and Indian War
1754-1763
Over Ohio River Valley - trade/settlement
French build forts - Fort Duquesne - friendly with Indians
English Gov. Dunwittie has stock in Ohio Land Company - send George Washington to expel French
British declare war
Albany Plan of Union
1754
for defense - fails and shows disunity of colonies
Writs of assistance
1761
search warrants to enforce Navigation Acts
James Otis opposes
Treaty of Paris
1763
ends French and Indian War
French lose all territory
Paxton Boys Rebellion
1763
dissatisfied west of the Appalachians
Pontiac’s Rebellion
1763
tribes organize against British
Salutory Neglect
ends 1763
Admiralty Courts
royal courts that were paid for convictions
colonists oppose
Sugar Act
1764
raise revenue - England in debt
cut Molasses Act in half
objection - first direct tax - “No taxation without representation”
Currency Acts
1764
prevents printing of colonial money
Stamp Act
1765
tax on printed materials to “keep troops in colonies”
colonists don’t want standing army
Sons of Liberty enforce non-importation
Stamp Act Congress
1765
Protests Stamp Act
we buy only from England, we deserve equal privileges
Quartering Act
1766
colonies must support troops
The Townshend Acts
1767
tax lead, paint, paper, glass, tea
colonies react by non-importation, Samuel Adams Circular letter
Governor of MA suspends legislature
Boston Massacre
1770
Boston Massacre
1770
Golden Hill Massacre
1770
NY
Committees of Correspondence
1772 organized by Samuel Adams
Gaspee Incident
1772
British ship burned
attempted to collect taxes
Tea Act
1773
reduces price to tea - gives England monopoly
Boston Tea Party
1773
dump tea into sea
Intolerable Acts
1774
to punish Boston
Boston Port Act - closes ports
MA Government Act - no town meetings, no trial by jury, Quartering Act
Quebec Act - Quebec added to Ohio River Valley - supports people in Quebec Catholic, no trial by jury, no election
First Continental Congress
1774
convenes in Philadelphia
Moderate - don’t want to split
demand rights of Englishmen
Joseph Galloway - Plan of Union - council with delegates from colonies, president by Crown - rejected
Declaration of RIghts and Resolves - reject Intolerable Acts, ultimatum - no trade
Establish Continental Association to enforce
Battles of Lexington and Concord
1775
Second Continental Congress
1775
More radical
Issued “Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms”
Appoint George Washington as commander
Olive Branch Petition - last attempt to reconcile - rejected