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Comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756-1763
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signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
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was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War,
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Tax rates on imports of sugar, molasses, silk, wine, coffee, indigo.
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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A name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing.
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declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.
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Was a series of acts passed – beginning in 1767 – by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
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The Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others.
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The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
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Was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773.
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Was the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
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The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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First clash of British and Patriot Forces
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Patriots surrender Breed's Hill in Boston after hard fought battle.
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which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown.
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The statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776
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challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy.
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Burgoyne surrenders @ Saratoga; Decesive Patriot Victory secures French Aid
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French and American forces trap the British at Yorktown, Virginia
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Brought the Revolutionary war to its conclusion.
