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The Seven Years War, or the French and Indian War, was a seven-year long dispute from 1754 to 1763 between the British and the French due to land disagreements in the Upper Ohio River Valley. In return, sparked a seven-year long war that Britain eventually won but at a great financial cost. -
The Proclamation of 1763 was a proclamation of a boundary line that would keep colonists from expending westward over the Appalachian Mountains to avoid further conflicts with the Native Americans. -
Due to the high cost of the French and Indian War, Britain was in debt and because of that debt, they taxed the colonies. This caused outrage in the colonies because Britain was taxing them without representation in parliament.. -
Colonists had to pay a tax on anything with paper and yet again, this caused outrage due to 'taxation without representation'. -
Taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Writs of assistance were used to enforce the new tax. This caused a boycott on British goods and the Sons of Liberty attacked customs houses. -
A crowd gathered in Boston after a British soldier hit a colonist and after the colonists threw snowballs, rocks, sticks, and other objects at the soldiers, they fired upon the crowd of colonists. Crispus Attucks was the first to be shot dead and is widely considered to be the first death in the Revolutionary War. This further shattered the relationship between the colonies and the Royal Crown. -
To punish the colonists for their "tea party" the Royal Crown released new laws that included: Closing the Boston Harbor, closing the Massachusetts Charter, Royal officers would be sent to Britain to await trial, and General Thomas Gage was mad the new governor of Massachusetts. -
Delegates from every state congregated in Philadelphia, except Georgia, to draft the Declaration of Rights that stated rights to "life, liberty, and property."