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The French & Indian war
It was a North American conflict that created a larger imperial war in 1754. The war was between France & Great Britain. It is also known as the war that lasted seven years because it lasted around 7 years. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation line was a boundary that was marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. it followed after the French and Indian war. -
The sugar act
The sugar act was an American Revenue that passed a modified version of the sugar and molasses act. -
Stamp Act of 1765
It was an act that helped pay for the British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven year war. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot on kind street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a British soldier. -
Tea Act
It was an act of Great Britain's parliament to reduce the amount of tea held by the financially insecure British. -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
It is known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression.