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Start of the French and Indian War
SparkNotes: The French and Indian WarThe French and Indian war was the result of rising tensions between the British and French. The French and Indian war was the most bloodiest American war of the eighteenth century, taking more lives than even the Revolution. The war was mainly a clash over colonial territory and wealth. The resentment caused from the war helped lead to the American Revolution. -
End of the French and Indian War
The French and Indian War ended in 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
Wikipedia Following Great Britian's aquisition of French Territiory in North America after the French and Indian war, the Proclamation of 1763 was issued forbidding all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalation Mountains. The issue of this royal proclamation led to tensions between the two parties, giving rise to the Revclutionary war. -
Stamp Act
A Summary of the Stamp ActThe Stamp Act was issued by the English as a tax designed to raise money by taxing the colonists on every printed paper the colonists used. The perameters were quite extreme. Taxes were required for any peice of paper from personal letters, to legal documents, to even playing cards. This lead to the revolution by creating resentment between the colonists and the English. -
Townshend Acts
HISTORYThe Townshend Acts were a system of taxation on glass, lead, paper and tea imported into the colonies. This was viewed by the colonists as an abuse of power, and lead to agreements on limiting the imports from Britain. The Acts were lifted on everything but tea, which was viewed as a compromise, but the abuse of power greatly added to the rising tensions before the American Revolution. -
Boston Massacre
UShistoryThe Boston Massacre started as a street fight between a mob and a squad of British soldiers. Having British troops in the city of Boston was viewed very harshly at the time, so when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. Reinforcements were called in, which resulted in the Boston Massacre. The hatred of the British greatly influenced the colonists's actions before the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
UShistoryThe Tea Act was not intended as a way to raise money, but as a way to help the East India Trading Company which had 18 million pounds of unsold tea. The tea was shipped directly to the colonies, but since the the Townshend Duties were still in place, the colonists viewed it as an abuse of power and refused to unload the ships. For many, this was the last straw before the American Revolution for Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
BostonTeaParty.comThe Boston Tea Party was organized by the Sons of Liberty as a way to protest recent taxation laws. They dumped 92,000 pounds of tea into the harbor, and altough no one was harmed during the Boston Tea Party, the tea in the harbor bagan to smell so badly that the British had to shut down the port until the tea was paid for. This helped unite the colonists against British rule before the American Revolution. -
Intolerable Acts
WikipediaThe Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British ment to punish the colonists for their rebellion commonly known as the Boston Tea Party. The British were "ticked off" at the colonists because of their actions, leading to grudges that helped inflame the Revolutionary war. -
Lexington and Concord
ushistoryGeneral Gage's plan was to send regiments of soldiers to Lexington and Concord to capure two colonial leaders then seize gunpowder. But colonial spies leaked word of Gage's plan. Men such as Paul Revere saw two lanters in Boston's North Church and rode off to inform the countryside that the British were coming. Many harsh feelings created by the failure of this plan caused the ire of both the British and the colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence
WikipediaThe Declaration of Independence is a statement that was adopted by the Continental Congress meeting in Pennsyvania stating that the colonies no longer thought of themselves as part of Britain, but as their own sovereign states. This was the last straw that ultimately began the war with Great Britain now know as the American Revolutionary War.
