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End of French and Indian War
The Treaty of Pair in 1763 would provide Great Britain a lot of territorial gains in North America -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation made by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. In the time since the proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada. -
Sugar Act
The prime minister put taxes on molasses. To stop the smuggling of sugar. The Sugar Act had heavy customs enforcement of the duties on refined sugar and molasses imported into the colonies from the non-British Caribbean sources. Colonists would protest this act. -
Quartering and Stamp Act.
The Quartering Act required colonies to provide housing and supplies for the British troops stationed there, after the French and Indian War. The Stamp Act put a tax on all printed materal. -
Townshend Acts
Levied new import duties everyday items such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers guarding the Customs House. The guards fired at them killing five colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston patriots took matters into their own hands because of the tea tax. They dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the harbor. To punish them parliament passed the Coercive Act. Which closed ports. -
The First Continental Congress
The other colonies also had a problem with the Coercive Act. They saw it as threatening their freedom. So all the delegates besides Georgia met and Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress. They pressured Britain to withdraw the Coercive Act. They make a new government bypassing Britain. -
Intolerable Act
Ports were closed, colonists would have their representatives taken away, officers would be tried in England instead of the colonies. These rules were made to punish the colonist. Another name for the Intolerable Act is the Coercive Act. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The King troops went to Lexington and were treated with a small militia lead by John Parker. One random shot was fired it's unclear who made the first shot but this is own as the shot heard around the world. The British would fire killing and wounding seven men. Parken began to flee. BUtmore militiamen would come and help this would give them the edge and fight off the British soldiers.