-
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the country and by American Indians.
-
Great Britain claimed French land in North America which forbade all settlements west of the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
-
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain.
-
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper.
-
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts of Parliament relating to the British colonies in America.
-
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
-
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
-
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
-
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest.
-
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.