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The French and Indian war was between the French and the British. They teamed up with the Indians. It lasted 9 years and the British won. -
After the war, colonists began to move west. King George 111 issued the Proclamation of 1763 which banned settlement west of he Appalachian Mountains. -
Great Britain had to pay for the French and Indian War, so the passed the Sugar Act to tax the colonists to help them pay costs. Colonists believed there should be no taxes without representation in Parliament. -
Colonists had to pay for official stamp, or seal, on purchase of paper items. For any paper to be legal, you must pay the cost for a stamp. The stamps were highly taxed, and must be on every paper. -
Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. There was also Writs of assistance which means permission to search and trespass. -
A crowd of colonists gathered in Boston after a British soldier struck a colonists on March 5, 1770. The shootings were called the Boston Massacre by colonists. This caused more resentment against the British. -
The British decided to tax their tea very heavily. They also made it illegal to buy or make tea from anyone else. The tea was so expensive colonists couldn't really afford it. -
The night of the Boston Tea Party, colonists disguised themselves as Indians and attacked the British tea ships and threw the tea overboard into the sea to prove a point to the British. They did this because the tea was so heavily taxed they couldn't buy it anymore. -
This was to punish the colonists "tea party". These acts had several effects. Boston Harbor was closed. Massachusetts's charter was cancelled. Royal officials accused of crimes would be sent to Great Britain for trial. General Thomas Gage (British) was made the new governor of Massachusetts. -
This was a meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from all colonies except Georgia. Delegates halted trade with Britain and alerted the colonial militia (volunteer army) to prepare for war. Colonists who chose to fight for independence from Britain became known as Patriots. Those colonists who sided with Great Britain were called Loyalists or Tories.