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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. In an attempt to strengthen the claim on their territory, the French built many forts. The war had France, French colonists, and their Native allies against Great Britain, the Anglo-American colonists, and the Iroquois Confederacy. This war helped the American Revolution to begin because Parliaments started taxing people to pay off the war debts. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was designed by King George III and forbade colonists from expanding their colonies westward. It was made to calm the Native Americans' worries about their land being overrun by the colonists. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. It required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and even playing cards were taxed. The money collected by it was supposed to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were new laws that required people to pay taxes on the imported British goods, like tea, paper, and paint. They used the taxes to keep British troops in America and to pay the salaries of some Royal officials who were told to work in the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob and some British soldiers. It began when 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. A British officer called in more troops, who also got attacked, they started shooting into the crowd, killing 3 people and wounding 8 others, 2 later died. The presence of British troops in Boston was extremely unwelcome. This helped spark rebellion in Boston. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies and caused no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was burdened with 18 million pounds of tea. The tea was supposed to be shipped to the colonies and sold at a bargain price. In many places, the tea ships were told to go back. This led to the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened at midnight on December 16, 1773. A group of 60 Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians got on three British tea ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver, and dumped 342 cases of tea into the harbor The tea dumped into the harbor was priced around $18,000. This helped the start of the American Revolution because of the people going behind the government's back. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the Parliament. The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act were all apart of these series of laws. Due to these laws, citizens started to rebel against their government. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. The night of April 18,1775, British troops marched to Concord to try and take it. Paul Revere and others went around telling people that the British were coming. A arguement in Lexington started the fighting and the troops eventually left because they were under intense fire. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was made to state that all men were created equal and that people had rights. It was signed by a lot of important people. It helped cause the American Revolution because it said the 13 American colonies were free from Great Britian.
