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End of French and Indian war
caused the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from some allied countries and by Native American allies. -
Sugar Act
The act aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. It was also providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British debt following the French and Indian war. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. -
The Townsend Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation between a Mob of Colonist and some British Officials. The mob began to throw things at the Officer, which lead them to began to shoot killing several people. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was designed to prop up the East India Company, which was struggling financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest done by the Sons of liberty due to the anger because of Taxation without representation. 342 chest of tea were dumped into the harbor. -
Intolerable Act
After the Boston Tea party the British wanted to reassert their authority over the Colonist, so they passed the Coercive acts which consisted of Boston Harbor Bill which closed Boston ports, Massachusetts Gov Act which replace the elected Governor with an appointed one, Administration Of Justice Act which allowed British Officials who were tried of Crimes to be tried in England and Finally the Quartering Act which allowed unoccupied buildings to be used as housing for British troops. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act needed to provide housing and supplies for the troops of the British living there after the French and Indian War. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. Many more battles followed after, and in 1783 the colonists won their independence.
