1.2 French & Indian War

Treaty of Paris

1763

At the end of the French and Indian War, France gave up all claimed land in North America.

Sugar Act

1764

Prior to the issues of smuggling goods, Parliament laid the Sugar Act. That would reduce taxes in molasses but increase enforcement towards the enforcement of it.
Colonists were not happy upon the Sugar Act, and protested about the act.

Stamp Act

1765

Following after the Sugar Act brought regulations to stamps in 1765. The act would tax all papers and documents in the Colonies.
Colonists refused to pay the act when the Stamp Act came out.

Declaratory Act

1766

Prior to the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act was the repeal to that act. In other words, Parliament would reassure that act in order for it to remain effective to colonists. This act angered the colonists, and developed the "No taxation until representation" slogan in opposition to the act.

Townshend Act

1767

Imported goods to the Colonies would be taxed because of the Townshend Act. Goods such as tea and paper were taxed. Colonists disliked this act because of the additional cause of duties adding more to their complaints.

Tea Act

1773

Parliament pushed out the Tea Act in 1773, in which would allow direct importation of teas without having to port at England. In other words, the government had full control upon the imported teas. The resistance upon this act would lead to the Boston Tea Party in December of the same year, with colonists dressed as Native Americans.

Initiation of the Revolutionary War

1775

With all the acts imposed, this led to the colonists upset about the acts enforced by Parliament. The Revolutionary War would begin in 1775 with opposition of colonists over the government's control upon the American colonies