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The end of the french and indian war
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The treat of Paris was a treaty in Paris
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The Stamp Act was passed 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.
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AN ACT to amend and render more effectual, in his Majesty's dominions in America, an act passed in this present session of parliament, intituled, An act for punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.
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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.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770.
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British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. The revenue generated by the Townshend duties, in 1770, amounted to less than £21,000.
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Destruction of the tea in boston.
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a convention of delegates from twelve colonies
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The First Continental Congress brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts."
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War
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When the Americas became
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Turning point in the war.
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People also call this the surrendor at yorktown.
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end of war.
