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The French and Indian War was a war that lasted 7 years and it was against the 13 colonies and the British, against the French. Each of these people were supported by different Native American tribes. -
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British boundary marked at the Eastern Continental Divide. This prohibited American colonists from settling on lands made from the French. This was issued by King George III. -
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. This was also the Reduced the rate of tax on molasses which caused decline in the rum industry. -
The Stamp Act of 1766 was an act to help pay for the British troops in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. This act required the colonists to pay taxes that were represented by a stamp, on papers and documents. -
The Townshend Acts was things passed by the British Parliament, that taxed goods that were imported to the American colonies. The Americans saw the Acts as abuse of power. This was designed to raise revenue for the British Empire by taxing North American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre was where British soldiers shot and killed several people while they were being harassed by a mob in Boston. This began when a patriot mob attacked a British loyalist, who fired a gun at them. This continued to get wore when finally between the colonists and the British soldiers which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre. -
The Tea Act granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The passing of the Tea Act made no new taxes on the American colonies. The tax on tea had existed since the passing of the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act. -
The Boston Tea Party was an American political protest in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, were angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. These were laws designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. For example, one of the laws closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea that they had destroyed. -
Delegates discussed boycotting British goods to establish the rights of Americans. The First Continental Congress was a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods.