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It protected British merchants and creditors from money printed by the colonies that was going down in value. They were printing this money prior to the french and indian war
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The French and Indians teamed up against the British. They were fighting over who would get to claim Canada as their colony.
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Benjamin Franklin to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies
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Native American uprising against Britain after the french and indian war
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King George the third issued a proclamation forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, he hoped to settle the feud between himself and the Native Americans during the Seven Year War
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America had to pay taxes on sugar and molasses because the British government needed money. The tax was added to pay for the French and Indian War
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This act was a law where if a British soldier needed a place to stay the Americans were required to allow them to stay at their house and to provide food for the soldiers
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the first tax that was put on the Americans. Britain taxed Americans on all paper documents in the colonies. The tax was started to pay for the French and Indian War.
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A secret society formed of people who wanted to break free from Great Britain. Played a major role in battling the stamp act.
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Repealed at the same time as the stamp act. Stated that British Parliaments taxing was the same in America as in Great Britain
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a series of acts passed in 1767. The purpose to pay for keeping judges and governors loyal to Great Britain. This act lead to the Boston massacre.
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British put soldiers in Boston, there was a riot on March 5 and the British army shot and killed several people.
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Americans had to pay taxes on their tea that was imported from Great Britain.
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Sons of LIberty boarded ships and threw chests of tea into the harbor to rebel against the taxes. (Tea Act)
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a group of people that adopted the US Declaration of Indepence
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organized colonial resistance to parliament's intolerable acts
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American patriots used this to describe the laws that were passed after the Boston Tea party.
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It expanded the British territory further in Canada, seen by colonist to strip them of their right to have elected assemblies.
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A pamphlet that was written to argue against the authority of the British government and hereditary succession of the monarchy.
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“Shot heard around the world” The battle that started the Revolutionary war.
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speech made at the Second Virginia convention
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American leaders instructed their soldiers to hold their fire until they see the whites of their eyes so they could have a better chance at a good shot. America won this battle
