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The Treaty of Paris is signed by France and England and the war is officially over. France gave up all of its North American territories and England got Canada east of the Mississippi River as a result.
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King George III issues this proclamation forbidding western expansion past the Appalachian Mountains.
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This act was passed by Parliament setting a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies since the molasses act of 1733 was expiring. However, it wasn't really effective since colonists just started smuggling.
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The Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tax on legal papers, newspapers and pamphlets.
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27 delegates from 9 colonies convened this congress. They decided that, even though Parliament had the right to tax, they had crossed the line by using these taxes to pay off the war. Boycotts began.
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Pitt's Compromise led to the Stamp Act being repealed and the Sugar Act being weakened.
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This act stated that Parliament had full authority to make laws binding on the colonies. It undermined the goodwill Pitt established.
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Series of Laws passed by the British Parliament placing duties (taxes) on items imported by the colonists including glass, lead, paints, paper and tea. It taxed colonial merchants specifically.
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British soldiers, who were quartered in the city, fired into a rioting mob killing five colonists.
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Allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants
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Massachusetts Sons Of Liberty group dressed as Mohawk Indians protested against the British Tea Act
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The Intolerable acts closed the port of Boston and revoked the Massachusetts charter. They placed restriction on the colonists and were made up of 4 laws.
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Twelve colonial legislatures voted to send representatives to Philadelphia to discuss the grievances passed by Britain. They met on September 5 of 1774.
