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the Albany plan of the union was an attempt to place British colonies under a centralized government. Although the plan was never carried out it was one of the first proposals to unite the colonies under a centralized government
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The French and Indian war was a struggle between Britain and France over northern territories. The war consists of many battles which the French won most until the colonist troops grouped together and gained the upper hand.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the American revolutionary war in 1783. after the treaty, the crown formally recognized America's independence.
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The proclamation of territories divided the Americas between the major powers. Britain, France, Spain, and Russia split up the continent into different territories.
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the sugar act was a motion passed by parliament that required colonists and colonial merchants had to pay a tax on foreign molasses.
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the stamp act initiated a tax on all paper documents. this was during the time the British empire was in debt from the seven-year war.
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the quartering act was an act past by parliament which outlined where the British solders are allowed to find a quarter. it required colonists to allow the British soldiers into their own house.
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the stamp act congress is where the famous saying no taxation without representation. the colonist were fed up with parliament taxing them for everything.
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after 4 months parliament released the stamp act and other taxes that were placed on the colonies.
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declaratory act modified parlements rights to tax the colonies and that the taxing authority was the same in the Americas as it was in great Britain.
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the Townshend act were a series of measures passed by the British parliament that taxed goods imported to the Americas.
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the Boston massacre was a riot that began as a street fight between the colonists and a single British soldier. it ended with British soldiers firing into a huge crowd of people killing many men women and children.
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the Boston tea party was a statement that they didn’t want the product because the take on tea was to high. they dumped all the tea into the water.
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the intolerable act increased the British authority in America. this was put in place due to the fact that the government was mad about the Boston tea party.
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the Quebec act was and that the British parliament hat vested the government of Quebec in a governor and council and preserved the French Civil Code
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Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States. this was the base for what we now know today as congress
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The battle of Lexington was the battle that kickstarted the American revolution. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities.
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The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in the summer of 1775, shortly after the war with the British had begun. It was preceded by the First Continental Congress in the fall of 1774.
