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The French and Indian War began because Britain wanted to settle in the Ohio river valley in order to trade with the Native Americans. Although, the French were not okay with this so they built forts to protect their trade with the Indians. Later, in 1763, Britain finally won the war.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the war between Great Britain and France. France was forced to give up all its territories in mainland North America, which ended any foreign military threat to the British colonies in the area.
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This act required all Americans to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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The Boston Massacre consisted of a large mob that taunted British solders causing them to kill five colonists.
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The Tea Act granted the British East Indian company with great amounts of tea on sale in the American colonies.
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The Boston Tea Party consisted of Boston rebels pretending to be Native Americans dumping 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston harbor.
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Delegates from all 13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia in order to organize resistance to Parliment's Coercive Act.
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The Intolerable Acts were a serious of British laws that were considered punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
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The Battles of Lexington an Concord marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between Great Britain and the 13 colonies.
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Thomas Paine's pamphlet advocated independence for the American colonies.
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The Townshed Act was designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customer duties on imports of tea, paper, lead, and more.
