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Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac's Rebellion was a war in 1763 between the British and Native American tribes from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with British policies in the Great Lakes region after the British victory in the French and Indian War(1754–1763). This war was named after Pontiac, the leader of the Native American tribes. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a proclamation by Britain at the end of the French and Indian War that set settlement boundaries for the British on Native territory. It reserved the land for the British from west of the Appalachians and south of Hudson Bay to the Florida's. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is an act passed by the British Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax of three cents on sugar that was bought by the American colonists in all of the American colonies. During the French and Indian War, Britain collected a great amount of debt. In order to raise money, they decided to tax the colonists. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax required Americans to pay tax on every piece of printed paper used in the American colonies. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and playing cards were taxed they taxed everything they used on a regular basis. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was an act passed by British Parliament to ensure that British soldiers would be properly billeted and fed during their times of service in the North American Colonies. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting on October 19, 1765 in New York City of representatives from some of the British colonies of North America. They discussed about the acts upon the Stamp Act recently passed by the governing Parliament of Great Britain overseas. -
Townshend Act
Townshend Acts was an Act of the British to assert its power in the American colonies by putting tax on imports from Britain. It was created so there was an "indirect" tax. An indirect tax is when the tax itself is included in the product's price. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts is the names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. The acts outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. -
Coercive Act
The Coercive Acts were known as the Intolerable Acts in America and were passed in 1774 by England after the Boston Tea Party. The acts included the Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Massachusetts Government Act. -
Quebec Act
Quebec Act was a legislation passed by the British Parliament in 1774 for governing Canada, at that time called the Province of Quebec. The act continued French civil law in the province, admitted Roman Catholics to full citizenship, and permitted the Catholic Church to retain privileges it had when the area belonged to France.
