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The French and Indian war
The French and Indian war (AKA. the 7 Year War) marked a piece of the long struggle between Britain and France. Plus when France made the expansion into the Ohio River valley, it brought continuous conflict with british colonies which were battles that eventually led to Britain's declaration of war. The British changed the battle with victories at Fort Frontenac, Louisbourg and the French-Canadian stronghold of Quebec. -
Proclamation line
In 1763 the Proclamation Line was a British-made boundary that had been marked in the Appalachian mountains. The Proclamation Line stopped Anglo-American colonists from settling on land the French owned, following the French and Indian War. This procedure advanced the British governmental efforts to discourage west expansion in the decade before the American Revolution. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts (1767) was a series of laws that had been passed by the British government on the American colonies. These acts allowed the British soldiers to basically raid colonists homes. It also put new taxes on imported goods such as glass, tea, paper. These Acts play the role of trying to get colonists to pay Britain for basically living. -
Boston Massacre (1770)
The Boston massacre was a bloody riot that occurred in 1770 on King Street, Boston. This happened because of a street brawl it had evolved from. The brawl was between some Americans and one British soldier. The reason tensions were so high in the first place was because the British tried to enforce Britain’s tax laws such as the townshend acts and stamp acts. stores selling British goods were often vandalized because of protests. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act (1773) was one of the several acts placed on American colonists by Britain. The main purpose of this act was to not raise revenue from the colonies but to instead bail out the stumbling East India Company. However, the British government gave the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies. Other colonists viewed the act as a Trojan horse type of deal designed to mesmerize them into accepting Parliament’s right to impose taxes on them. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party (1773) had occurred shortly after the Tea Act. Some say that the Boston Tea Party only happened because of the extra taxes placed on Tea. The Boston Tea Party was a protest in which the American colonists had enough of Britain's taxes and dumped the boxes of Tea into the water, ruining all of the importation. The event was the first major act of defiance to the British rule that was over the colonists. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts (AKA. Coercive Acts) (1774) were a series of 4 measures put into action by British Parliament as an act of retaliations for deviation. One of the Intolerable acts, the Quartering Act, Allowed British Soldiers to house American colonies, eat their food, sleep on their bed, and get treated like royalty. There was also the Administration of Justice Act which protected British officials charged with capital offenses during law enforcement.
