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The Quartering act took place in 1765. It was an act that required colonies to house British soldiers in barracks and provide them with food, the colonists soon disputed the legality of this because it seemed to violate the Bill of Rights of 1689. The colonist were not happy about this act because it also stopped them from having "peacetime" -
The conflict between The French territory and the indians was primarily about the Ohio river valley, which started the 7 year war against the two. At the 1763 peace conference, the British received the territories of Canada from France and Florida from Spain, opening the Mississippi Valley to westward expansion. -
The sugar act began in 1763 because George Grenville made a new change to take effect on September 29. The new Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum aka alchohol -
The stamp act began because general Britain troops thought it would be a good idea to tax paper. During this many people complained about taxing paper so they added newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards, and would give you a stamp to confirm your taxes has been payed. -
The Townshend Acts, named after Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the Exchequer initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. He did this because they believe that their citizens should pay for their protection and because people were already complaining over taxing paper. -
The Boston massacre took place on king street in Boston. British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, and even killing an innocent child Christopher Seider. -
The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The british govenor was not happy about this and reacted in violence, this quickly escalated into the American Revolution, becoming an iconic event of American history.