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French and Indian War ends
Due to the French and Indian War Britain's empire had doubled in size and their national debt did too. They were trying to maintain peace and trying to recover financially. Colonists second guessed the way they had viewed themselves and the British. -
The Proclamation of 1763
Colonists were forbidden from crossing the Appalachian Mountains and settling in the Ohio River Valley.
Many people felt they had the right to settle on the land that was won during the war. The colonists were angry because they felt the Proclamation was a plot to keep them under the strict control of England and that the British only wanted them east of the mountains so they could keep an eye on them. -
Sugar Act
The British imposed a series of new taxes to help pay for the war and the continued need to provide British troops to protect the colonists from Indian attacks. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on almost all printed documents, such as newspapers, books, court documents, contracts, and land deeds. The colonists also did not appprove. They protested, boycotted and violently intimadted the British. -
The Quartering Act
American colonists were forced to house and feed British soldiers who were serving in North America
The colonists were angry that their homes were being forced open. -
Townshend Act
Taxes were placed on tea, glass, paper, paint and lead.
-Violent protests were conducted -
Boston Massacre
A fight between colonists and British troops that resulted in British troops opening fire and killing 5 colonists in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
British East India Company chests of tea bound for the 13 colonies didn't reach their destination.
No American had a cup of tea -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws that enraged the thirteen colonies. -
Battles at Lexington & Concord
-Kicked off the American Revolution
- Tensions had been building with the American colonies and British authorities
