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(1754-1763)The treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. As a result of the war France gave up all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi Rive to Britain.
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(1767) A series of British acts of parliament during 1776 and 1768. Charles Townshed proposed the Townshed Acts. It was to gain authority over the colonies through strict provisions.
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A small British army detachment was threatened by a mob and harassed leading to the death of 5 people. The soldiers were charged with murder.
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(TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION) People from Boston boarded ships and dumped ten thousand pounds worth of tea into the harbor.
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British parliament proposed measures that soon became known as the intolerable acts. The Boston port act, Massachusetts act, justice act, and quartering act.
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The Stamp Act was created to increase revenues to meet the cost of defending the British empire. Direct taxation of colonial transactions, including legal write, newspaper, and advertisements
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On April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn that the British were marching from Boston to seize the colonial armory at Concord.
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( one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution) At Breeds Hill in Charlestown. Over 2,000 British troops cleared the hill of the Americans. Lost more than 40% of the assault force. 400 British casualties
