Unit 2: Events Leading to the American Revolution

• The French and Indian War was fought over the want for the Mississippi valley.
• The French and Natives fought against the British in the French and Indian War.
• Allies in the French and Indian War were the French and Natives.
• The British won the French and Indian War.
• The three major effects of the French and Indian War were that the French lost land, the Spanish and British gained land, and the British were in debt.
• The purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was to allow the natives to still have some of the land in the Mississippi river.
• The colonists were upset about the Proclamation of 1763 because they wanted to settle down there.
• Mercantilism is a system to increase the profit made by someone.
• The Navigation Acts required that all goods coming to England had to be carried on English ships, that captains and most of the crew on ships had to be English, products from the colonies could only be shipped to England, and American merchants had to pay taxes on certain goods.
• The Quartering Act was to provide housing, supplies and food and drink for British troops in America.
• The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on most paper goods such as playing cards or the newspaper.
• Writs of Assistance were a policy created and engrossed by the British in the colonies that allowed officials to enter any ship without permission.
• The Tea Act was a act that said that they could only trade with Britain.
• The Intolerable Acts were acts passed to make the colonists pay for what they did after the Boston Tea Party.
• The Boston Massacre was a dispute about whether the colonists had weapons or not and if Captain Preston had said to fire or not.
• The outcome of the trial of the British soldiers was that all of the British were pleaded not guilty.
• Paul Revere’s image of the Boston Massacre does not accurately represent the events of the Boston Massacre as it only shows the colonists attacking the British soldiers.
• The outcome of the Boston Massacre trial was that the British soldiers were not guilty as the colonists from multiple sources had said how the colonists had weapons and also that the commander was in front of his men, therefore declaring him and his soldiers not guilty.
• The First and Second Continental Congresses decided to boycott British goods and create the olive branch petition and the declaration of independence.
• The Continental Army was created to show that they are ready to declare independence from Britain and that they are serious about this.
• George Washington was the leader of the continental army.