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French & Indian war 1754-1763
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War in the North American theatre. The Treaty was made possible by the British victory over France and Spain, and marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe -
Proclamation of 1763
Britian wanted to avoid conflict with Native Americans and told colonist they couldnt be protected. Colonist were angered because of british presence and being told what to do. -
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar and molasses. Did not affect many, but the idea of taxes was a growing issue. -
Stamp Act
Tax on legal documents, newspapers, wills, and basically every peice of paper used. Stamp act congress formed to organize boycott. -
Writs of assisstance
Customs officers could search ships at will. Few colonist were affected, but merchants felt this was an invasion to privacy. -
Townshend Act
Tax on various household items such as paper, glass, lead, silk, & tea. Colonist boycott through the non-importation agreement. -
Quarting Act
Colonist had to provide food, housing, blankets, candles etc. for the british soldiers. This was hated but little could be done to stop it. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, called the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six colonists. -
Tea Act/ Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was a name used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts had punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence
