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End of French and Indian War
There was no exact surrender but the Treaty of Paris was signed February 10, 1763 to end the Seven Years War -
Proclamation of 1763
King George the III issued a proclamation amongst the colonists. This closed lands north and west of the Appalachian Mountains for colonists to settle. The goal of the British was to put a stop to conflicts that had arisen between the Native Americans and the colonists due to the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
Under the Sugar Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
This required Citizens to house and feed Soliders in their very own home -
The Boston Massacre
The gunning down of Patriots from upon fire of the British Troops, what truly happened is a complicated story due to many other accounts. -
Boston Tea Party
The disguised Patriots dumped the tea off a ship into the water to show the rebellion of the Tea Act -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolaerable Acts begun on March of 1774, these laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle was fought upon April 10, 1775
