Chapter 2

1. #1 Proclamation of 1763 British win land from France, but colonists can’t cross line

2. #2 Quartering Act Colonists must let British troops stay in their homes

3. #3 Stamp Act Colonists must purchase stamps for paper products like contracts & marriage licenses

4. #4 Stamp Act Funeral Stamp Act repealed after protests

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6. Boston Massacre

7. #5 Boston Massacre British troops fire on colonists in Boston

9. "A number of persons, to the amount of thirty or forty, mostly boys and youngsters, who assembled ... near the sentry at the Custom-house door, damned him, and bid him fire and be damned; and some snow ball were throwed ... I saw a party of soldiers come from the main guard, and draw themselves up ... the people still continued in the street, crying, 'Fire, fire, and be damned,' and hove some more snow balls, whereupon I heard a musket go off, and in the space of two or three seconds, I heard the word 'fire' given ... and instantly the soldiers fired one after another."

10. Boston Massacre Victims

11. #6 Boston Tea Party Colonists are only able to buy tea from one company, Bostonians dump tea

12. The Beaver Boston Tea Party Ship

13. Brick Tea http://store1.yimg.com/I/stashtea_1864_54375815

14. Sons of Liberty flag

16. #7 Intolerable Acts Britain punished Boston by closing Harbor until tea is paid for & ended town meetings

17. Skinny Street in Boston

18. # 8 Tarred and Feathered Colonists harass and injure tax collectors

19. # 9 1st Continental Congress Twelve colonies send reps to protest Intolerable Acts, end trade with Britain

20. Boston, Lexington, Concord

21. Paul Revere Statue & Old North Church

22. Paul Revere’s House

24. # 10 Lexington British troops marching to Concord stop in Boston, fire, kill about eight minutemen

25. Lexington Green

26. Lexington Green

27. #11 Concord Old North Bridge British arrive and are attacked by minutemen (Shot Heard ’Round the World)

28. Old North Bridge, Concord

29. Marching Back to Boston

30. Battle of Bunker Hill

31. 1776-Second Continental Congress 1st National Government

33. adopts The Declaration of Independencewritten mainly by Thomas Jefferson

34. Committee of Five With help from Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, John Adams and Roger Sherman

35. Declaration of Independence Has three parts Natural Rights: purpose of government is to protect inalienable rights rights that all people have List of wrongs: by the British that led to the Colonies to break away Independence: announces that colonies are a free and independent nation, The United States of America

36. Celebrating the signing

37. Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense”lists reasons to rebel

39. Allies

40. Great military leaders

41. Cause: INDEPENDENCE

42. Inexperienced military

43. Poorly trained Militias

44. Poor central government

45. No money

47. Mercenaries hired to fight for the British

49. Did not know the land

50. Poor leadership

52. 1777-Battle of Saratogaturning point of WarFrench Join Colonies

53. 1777-Valley Forgewinter encampment

54. 1781-Battle of Yorktownlast battle – Lord Cornwallis surrenders

55. 1783-Treaty of Paris Granted independence Ended the War Set boundaries of new nation

56. Received land between Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River Known as The Northwest Territory Fishing Rights in The Grand Banks