what brought colonists together
fear of slaves, fear of indians, great awakening, consumer culture, colonial assemblies, french and indian war
1739-1742
great awakening, new light churches (baptists, methodists) started challenging the old light church (the established english church authority) with day long, emotional revival meetings
1740s
most colonists bought the same things like tea sets, clothing, fire pokers, playing cards
1619 - 1763
colonists had their own assemblies and made their own laws
1754 - 1763
french and indian war
1732
gw born into slave family that wants to be wealthy, he began to be good at math and angles becomes a map maker a=in the 1740s
1749
gw elected as land surveyor
1754
gw chosen to go the ohio valley to exam french relationships with nas in an area where virginia planters are investing, this winds up fighting the french and starting the war
1756 - 1757
gw gains fighting experience, experience with how the British fight, na alliances, and dealing with different colonial leaders while he fights in the war
1758
gw elected to the house of burgesses with only 40 percent of the popular vote
1759
gw married martha (18,000 acres and 84 slaves)
1760
gw and martha move to mt. vernon and entertain 2,000 colonial leaders between 1760 and 1775
what were the consequences of the french and indian war
br land increased and was hard to look after, br debt 132 million schillings when col debt was 2 million schillings, angry french, angry indians, yankee doodle, rise of gw
1763
1) the relationship changes as parliament starts neglecting the colonial assemblies2) the proclomation act, parl. insists that no colonist settles past a line to avoid another war
1764
sugar act, designed to stop the illegal sugar smuggling business , causes more paperwork and agents to check it, vice-admiralty court in canada, with a brit judge and no jury that gets 5%
1765
stamp act, insists colonists buy a taxed stamp with all paper
what was the response the colonists had after the stamp act?
burned stuff and harassed, created committees of correspondence, boycots (enforced by women), jack tar, patrick henry
1766
stamp act removed
1767
lord charles townshend passed what became known as the townshend Acts
what were the townshend acts
board of commissioners for the customs agents, va courts in nyc philly boston and charleston, expands list to include lead paper tea glass and wine, threatens use of the army and navy
1768
hancock's boat the liberty is pulled over with maderia and is docked, the customs agents are attacked and townshend orders 5000 troops to boston (20,000 population)
1769
tension between the soldiers and the locals over part-time work and dating women
3/3 /1770
fist fight broke out on a dock between some soldiers and some locals and tensions rise
3/5/1770
the boston massacre, crispus attucks was the first one killed, 5 dead in a quick event involving a local shoemaker and a soldier and a bill he owed him
1770
adams defends soldiers in court case