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End of French and Indian War (1763)
The French and Indian War ended with the Treaty of Paris (1763). This was a documnent signed, giving Britian full control over the French colonies in North America, also ending the Seven Years War. -
Pontiac Rebellion
Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, leads a coalition of Ottawas, Potawatomis, and Hurons in an attack on the British fort at Detroit. They will besiege the fort until the end of October. -
Proclamation Line
A Proclamation is issued by the British government, forbidding American colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. By limiting American migration, and declaring the territory west of the Appalachians reserved for Native Americans, the British hope to avoid further conflicts. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of dissidents that originated in the North American British colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to take to the streets against the abuses of the British government. -
Boston Massacare
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the beginings of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
Boston Tea Party
This famed act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. Seeking to boost the troubled East India Company, British Parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the Tea Act in 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates.
