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the American phase of a worldwide nine years’ war fought between France and Great Britain. So, France ceded all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi River to Britain. The costs of the war contributed to the British government’s decision to impose new taxes on its American colonies.
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This British law charged duties on sugar imported by the colonies. Several other products were also taxed.
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Several Acts which regulated the issuing of money by the American colonist.
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This British law required certain printed materials including newspapers in America be on paper produced in Brittan and stamped with a revenue stamp.
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This act forced the colonist to provide food and shelter for British soldiers when needed.
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An angry mob of colonist confronts British soldiers in Boston. Five colonists are killed.
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This act basically gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea trade in the Americas.
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In response to the Tea Act patriots dressed as American Indians dump British tea into Boston Harbor.
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An official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
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The British Empire accepted defeat against its former colonies and recognized independence of the United States of America. The Treaty of Paris also set the boundaries of the United States – the Mississippi River in the west, Great Lakes in the north and 31st parallel in the south - and guaranteed American fishing boats access to Newfoundland.
