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French and Indian War (Start)
In the early 1750s, France's expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought the country into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756, the British formally declared war against France, has now begun. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was created by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War in which it forbid all settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was upon on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every stamp they used. -
Townshed Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Masacre
The Boston Massacre was when a group of towns people gathered and started to go on a "strike" and the red coat army started to shoot and killed some of the towns people. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its principal over objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
