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French and Indian War ends with the Treaty of Paris
The end of the French and Indian War, as shown in the picture, brought a new era to British colonization. It expanded the area that England both Spain owned in the new world, and completely abolished French territories. The end of the war was not entirely positive for the British, though, as a massive war debt had amounted, and was placed upon the colonists to repay. This heavily increased tensions among the British and colonists. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763 by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Britain's vast new North American empire, and to stabilize relations with North American Indians through regulation of trade and settlement of the western frontier. Almost immediately, many British colonists objected to the boundry. -
Sugar Act
The Stamp Act was a tax imposed upon the Colonists by the British goverment after the Seven Years War to pay for the massive British War Debt. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was created 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. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts placed a tax on common products imported into the American Colonies, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea. It also granted certain duties in the British Colonies. The money that was earned helped pay for the British governors and the other officials in the colonies. This Act also gave the revenue from the taxes to the British governors that were normally paid by town assemblies. -
Boston Massacre
The night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathere at the Customs House in Boston and began taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The colonists were throwing rocks and threatening the British soldiers , they hit one of the British soldiers and they hesitated and shot 5 of the colonists . -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act, approved by the British Parliament on May 10, 1773, actually placed no new tax on tea and was not designed to increase revenue. It was intended to benefit the East India Company by giving them the exclusive right to sell tea in the colonies, creating a monopoly which the colonists perceived as another means of “taxation without representation”. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party, a group of Massachusets Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of tea from the East India Trading Company into Boston Harbour. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a sent of Taxes and Laws passed by the British Parliament meant to punish the Colonists for their resistance of the Crown and the instance of the Boston Tea Party. They included the Quatering Act, Boston Port Act, and the Massachusets Government Act. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Leaxington and Concord were the pioneering battles of the Revolutionary War, and both occured in Massachusets. It was a victory for the Colonists, as in the battle of Lexington, the Colonial Militia had been waiting for a signal of the arrival of the British. In the battle of Concord, after suffering losses at Lexington, the British soldiers came upon another Colonial Miltia, and were forced to retreat.
