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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian war is also known as the seven years war even though it lasted for 9 years, It was a battle between the British and the French. The Indians were fighting with the French not against them. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 followed the end of the 7 years war. It states that now one can have settlements west of the Appalachian mountains. It was issued by King George III. -
Sugar Act
The Revenue Act of 1764, also known as the Sugar Act, was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service. Also to give customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was also known to the British as the Incident on King Street. It was when British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. It was were they protest against the Tea act which was a tax on tea. Boston patriots, dressed as Mohawk Indians, went on three British ships and dumped 342 containers of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Boston Blockade
the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city’s residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth (in today’s money). From the tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773. The Boston Port Act was the first and easiest to enforce of four acts that together were known as the Coercive Acts. -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates. From a number of British American colonies at the peak of the American Revolution. They acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson. It declared the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.