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The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763. It ended the French and Indian War. It also took away all of the land that the French owned and put it under British Rule. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonists from going beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Sugar Act was the first act British that Parliament passed that made colonists give money to England.The Sugar Act is when the British started to put a tax on sugar products. This included
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The Stamp Act enforced a tax on paper products.
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The Quartering Act enforced colonials to provide shelter and food for British soldiers.
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The Stamp Act Congress was when 27 delegates came together from the colonies to make a statement of their rights and their grievances.
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It put regulation taxes on things such glass, white lead, paper, paint, and most importantly, tea.
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A group of colonist were throwing snowballs at a group of redcoats. The redcoats responded with shooting at the colonists. Five of the colonists were shot dead and three more were injured.
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Around 100 Bostonians dress up like Native Americans and they dumped 342 chests full of tea in the Boston Harbor. They did the protest the tax put on tea.
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The Intolerable Acts chastised the colonist. To be specific, it was led more towards Bostonians. But most importantly, it blocked off the Boston Harbor
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Delegates from 12/13 colonies came together. They made the Declaration of rights. It pretty much set guide lines to the colonists.
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British troops went to Lexington and Concord to seize stores and gunpowder. This started the fighting part of the Revolutionary War.
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Delegates from the colonies came together to create a document to declare their independence. Thomas Jefferson was the one to right the important document. America's founding fathers all collaborated on the document.
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King George III and representatives from the U.S. signed a treaty to end the Revolutionary War.
