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Navigation Acts
this was a trade law, that kept coloinist from selling their most vauable products to any country other than Britain -
French and Indian War
In 1774, war errupted between the English and the French. As you many recall, the French had also been colonized parts of North America thoughout the 1600s and 1700s. The fighting lasted untill 1773 -
Stamp Act
According to this act, colonists had to pay a tax to have an offical stamp put on wills, deeds, newspapers, and other written materials. -
Boston Tea Party
In order to protest an import tax on tea, a group of colonists dumped a large load of British tea into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continential Congress
This was a group that protested the treatment of Bosten
