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Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia

Thursday, October 02, 2008

after the french and indian war....

starting with the annivarsy of the stamp act...

  • britin troops go to Boston
  • June, boycott starts again
  • town starts to agree to not buy british goods
  • when word got around that british were coming, convension is held and there is an agreement
  • british drafts a set of laws
  • deportation of people and trialing people in England
  • this makes more colonies join MA, NY, and PA
  • colonists got hurt during boston massacure
  • british do not repeal tea on tax
  • britian repeals currency act
  • custom ship gets stuck in ground
  • colonists burn the ship!
  • 12 colonies start keeping in touch with eachother
  • bostodians get mad when they see british soldiers walking around
  • soldiers get harrased and not get paid much
  • sons of liberty start
  • soldier feels threatened so he shoots and accidentally shoots and 11 year old boy
  • troops decided they have had enough of asults
  • snowballs and rocks are thrown by the colonists
  • british soldier who is by himself, is scared by this
  • shots are fired; 5 people are killed; 6 wounded
  • In South Caroina, there doesnt seem to be an efffective government. outlaws are roming and violence breaks out.
  • Regulators get organized. the leaders get commitions from military government. regulators chase outlaws out! they go to North Carolina
  • the government is ripping off the colonists on north carolina
  • british makes fees and court costs.
  • people want to reform and correct this back in boston
  • after massacre, lord north has problems with east india company. they want to save company because the company sells tea to the colonies
  • the duch are smuggling tea into the colonies
  • tea act 1773; repeals import duty on tea into england, but they keep the tax on tea in england
  • colonists are angry about this tax
  • colonist dress as indians and dump 340 things of tea into water. boston tea party!!
  • british are shocked at this
  • they pass whole series of laws
  • boston port act. no ships can come and go until tea is paid
  • new quortering act. solders go into private homes now!
  • administration og justice act. you can choose to stand trial in other colonies or england
  • massachusettes gover. act. takes away MA as a charter colony
  • quebec act. french civil land is established. roman catholic is established boundries of quebec is expanded.

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