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The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended February 1763. The French and Indian fought over land and "cultural future." -
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The Sugar Act was an act that raised colonial money for the crown. -
The Stamp Act was an act where there was a stamp which was also a tax stamp and it was stamped on anything printed with paper. It was made to raise money to the king. -
The Declaratory Act was passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was revoked. This act stated that Parliament could make laws "binding" the American colonies in all cases reguardless. -
The Townshed Act was an act to help pay the expenses of the American colonies. Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which raised taxes on paper, tea, and more. -
The Boston Massacre was when a group of 9 soldiers killed 5 people which were in a crowd of hundreds of people that were harassing the soldiers. -
The Tea Act was an act that reinforced a tea tax in the American colonies. During this act, colonist were unable to buy tea from any other way. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest where in 1773 they were raiding and dumping shiploads of tea into the water to protest the British tax on tea. -
"The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party." -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of the people from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
The Lexington Concord was a battle that marked the start of the American War of Independence.