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The French and Indian War was a war faught between the British colonies and New France. The war began when France declared war. www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war
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Proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax.
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Originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770.
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The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its principal overt objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled.
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In 1773, a group of Massachusetts patriots, protesting the monopoly on tea importation, seized 342 chests of tea and threw them into Boston harbor.
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The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775.
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The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776,
