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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a nine-year conflict between England and France and their Indian allies. The war started primarily between the colonies of British America and New France. Both sides were supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. The proclamation provided that all lands west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off-limits to the colonists -
Stamp Act of 1765
Taxed all kinds of printed paper, like wills, licenses, newspapers, diplomas, and playing cards. Tax was charged on all American colonists. They were required pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Boston Massacre
A street fight between the "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
The Tea Act
This act was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Before the tax could be collected at Boston Harbor, Bostonians took action by tossing 342 chests of tea into the water. -
Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation; the ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. It was a total sum of 15 million dollars. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay, U.S. senator from Kentucky, was determined to find a solution. Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills passed in the United States in September 1850.
