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French and Indian War 1754-1763
The French and Indian War was a war against Europe and France and their allies the Native Americans. They were both sick of Europe taking their land.So they tried to get the British out of America.There was a 7 year war but the English won. -
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The royal proclamation
The Royal Proclamation was an era when England controlled much of North America, which caused colonists to head west to new areas.When King George heard about this, he made a law that banned moving west because of native americans. -
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The Quartering act
Colonists were forced to provide living quarters for british soldiers:foodbread and even whole buildings. -
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The Stamp Acts
King George lost a lot of money during the French and Indian War.So he thought of an idea, he was going to tax all paper like cards, letters, birth certificate, or even a newspaper. They all costed extra. -
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The townshend acts
Charles Townshend wanted to lower British taxes, But England still needed money. So now tea ,led,glass, and paper were all tax.Colonists were still mad so they didn't buy any of the items listed that were taxed. The English government was angry,then disaster struck. -
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The Boston Massacre
One March evening in the inky streets of Boston you could hear the tap tap tap of the soldiers boots, they were on patrol and you could hear the snowballs crashing on the soldiers coats, their red coats.There was a "war" against the colonists and the soldiers.Snowballs V.S guns. 5 colonists died. -
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The Tea Act
It wasn't a new tax. It was another rule. The colonists could only buy tea from the Dutch east india company. The colonists liked British tea But didn't like paying for it. Which caused smugglers to illegally sneak tea to the colonists at every chance. -
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The Boston Tea party
The Boston tea party was an era when a group of colonists snuck onto the ships dressed as native americans to dump 90,000 lbs. of tea into the boston harbor. -
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The Intolerable acts
King George closed the harbor for business. He said any soldiers accused of crime were tried at england