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French and Indian war
The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies the French ended up getting out numbered and English won the war -
Proclomation of 1763
The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, in which it forbade all settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, -
Sugar act
It was when the British tried to tax the sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. Most Colonists were angry that the British Government took action without permission. They didn't like that they were being controlled by the British. -
Stamp act 1765
was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London the Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists. Many colonists considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770.were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America -
Boston massacre
was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation Amid ongoing tense relations between the population and the soldiers, a mob formed around a British who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment -
Boson tea party
They tried to tax the tea and some colonist came in and through most of the tea into the water in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. -
Intolerable acts
The American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. Because of four acts that happen in response to the Boston tea party.
