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The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Year's War, ended with the signing of the 1763 Treaty of Paris. The French were forced out of North America by the British.
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The Sugar Act was one of the many acts the British placed on the American colonists to pay off the debt from the war. It taxed sugar and prevented smuggling of sugar and molasses. The colonists believed it was overtaxed a restriction of their right to trade without representation.
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The Stamp Act was one of the many acts the British placed on the American colonists to pay off debt from the war. The Stamp Act caused every document or piece of paper the colonists used, it had to have a stamp and be taxed. The colonists thought this was unfair because it was too controlling and overtaxed without representation
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The Townshend Act was one of the many acts the British placed on the American colonists to pay off debt from the war. The Townshend Act placed taxes on imported goods. The colonists thought this was unfair because they were being taxed without representation.
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The Boston Massacre was a violet and deadly riot in Boston. It started as a fight between some American colonists and a British soldier, but ended with the death of five colonists killed by British soldiers because they felt threatened.
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The Boston Tea Party happened when colonists in Boston were angered by the taxes without representation, specifically the tea tax. Some colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians hopped aboard a British ship stored with tea from the British East India Company and dumped 342 chests into the Harbor.
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The Intolerable acts were four acts: the Boston Port Bill closed the Harbor; Massachusetts Government Act, which replaced elective local government with appointive one and increased powers of military governor; Administration of Justice Act allowed British officials charged to go to England/ a colony for trial; Quartering Act the allowed unoccupied buildings to house British troops. It was placed on the Massachusetts colonists as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
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The First Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia in response to the unfair Intolerable Acts. Delegates from the colonies met and decided to boycott British goods unless they take away the Intolerable acts.
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Paul Revere's Ride also known as the Midnight Ride is when Paul Revere rode into Lexington, Massachusetts to warn the Patriots that the British troops were coming.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the start of the American Revolutionary War. The battle ended in British victory but the war ended in the colonist's victory.
