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The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris on the 10th of Feburary to end the French and Indian War, also known as the 7 Years War. The French and Indian War was faught between the British and the French. Both had Indians allies.The French and Indian war was faught over land in the Ohio River Valley. As a result,the French lost of their land and the British gained the Ohio River Valley. -
Sugar Act
On the fifth on April, Parlimant passed the Sugar Act. This act was based off the previous act called the Molasses Act of 1733. This is a revenue-raising act, which basically raised money for the British, to pay for the French and Indian war. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the Parliament on March 22, 1765. A tax was put on all of the American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were all taxed. The money gained by the Stamp Act was helping to pay for the cost of defending and protecting the American colonies near the Appalachian Mountains. -
Declaratory Act
This act was passed after the Stamp Act was repealed. The Declaratory Act ensured that the Brtish were still able to tax the Colonies with still being able to raising revenue, even when the Colonist had no representation. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was passed by the British Parliment shortly after the repeal of the Stmap Act. These Acts were named after Charles Townshend.These acts were passed to create a greater force with trade regulations, Also to punisj NY for failing to accept the Quartering Act in 1764, and to let the Colonists know that the British Parliament thought it was ok to tax the Colonists. -
Boston Massacre
After being assaulted by an anti-tax mob of colonists who were throwing pebbles at them, the British soldiers shot at the colonists, killing five colonists in Boston. The soldiers were tried for murder but found "not guilty". The colonists then realized that the British would do many things, even kill, to enforce their unfair taxing laws. -
The Tea Act
Parliament passes the Tea Act, an act designed to save the East India Company from bankruptcy by decreasing the tea tax it paid to the British government, giving it a control that was not created by the goverment on the American tea trade. Because all legal tea entered the colonies through England, allowing the East India Company to pay lower taxes in Britain also allowed it to sell tea more cheaply in the colonies. The colonies protested this, not wanting "cheap tea". -
The Boston Tea Party
In Massachusetts, members of the "Sons of Liberty" (an anti-tax group founded by John Hancock and Samuel Adams) dump a large amount of British tea into the Boston Harbor to protest against the Tea Act. Once King George III hears of this, he declares that "the colonies are in a state of rebellion" and he sends more troops to the colonies to enforce the laws of the Tea Act. -
The Intolerable Acts (The Coercive Acts)
The Parliament oassed these laws to punish Boston for their acts at the Boston Tea Party. The Boston harbor was closed, not allowing import or export. Public meetings were made illegal and military rule was inforced until all of the te that was lost was paid for. This angered the Americans and led to rebellion and revolution. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolution. British troops left Boston to search for weapns being stored by the Sons of Liberty and to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams. The Americans were warned by Paul Revere. Nearly four thousand colonists attacked the British soldiers on the march from Boston to Concord and then back to Boston. The British suffered 273 casualties while the Americans suffered 90.
