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The French and Indian war was between French and the British and they each teamed up with Indians. It lasted 9 years and the British won. -
A proclamation from the British Government that created a boundary line from the colonists and the native American territories. -
The Sugar Act made it so there was tac on sugar and so that tax of molasses went from 6 cence to 3 cence per gallon. This made it harder to smuggle molassas -
The Stamp Act of 1766 made it so all legal documents has to have a tax stamp on it. The British government was trying to get revenue off the colonists to pay for resources for the War -
The Townshend Acts of 1767 made it so there was tax on all goods imported to the American Colonies -
The Boston Massacre happened when a mob was attacking British soldiers. The British soldiers shot and killed multiple people -
The Tea Act was placed by British Parliament and it forced the colonists to by tea from the East India Tea Company. -
The American colonists were frustrated because of "Taxation without representation" so they poured 342 chests of tea from the British East India Company into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts was a series of acts that was passed by British Parliament that punished the colonists for the Boston Teas Party. -
The 1st Continental Congress was when delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met up to discuss the future of America and the people.