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The French and Indian War
The war started in 1754 and ended in 1763, it only lasted for about 9 years. The war started over a specific issue about whether the upper Ohio River valley was part of the British Empire -
The Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian war to have the Native Americans check the encroachment of the European settlers. -
The Sugar Act
Also called the Plantation act, in the U.S. colonial history the British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses -
Stamp Act of 1766
it was enacted in November of 1765, the stamp act also known as the controversial act forced colonists to buy a British stamp for every official document they obtained. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend acts were a series of measures, passed by the British parliament in 1767, that taxed goods the were important to the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a huge street fight that occurred March 5, 1770 between a mob throwing snowballs stones and other objects at a squad of British soldiers -
Tea Act
The British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act granted the company to a right ship its tea to go to directly to the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred December 16 1773, at the Griffin's Wharf in Boston Massachusetts -
Intolerable Acts
These Intolerable acts were a punitive laws that were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
It was convened in the Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between the months September 5 and October 26 1774.