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End of Freanch and Indian War
Treaty of Paris 1763. They ment to sighn the Treraty of Paris so they can make an agreement to stop the war. -
Proclamation of 1763
Document ordered colonial settelers to remain east of the Appalchian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
Parliament placed a tax on the imported goods that had sugar in them. -
Stamp Act
Stamp act was direct tax imposed by the British Parliment specificly on the colonies of British America. -
Sons of Liberty
Secret organaztions formed in the American colonies against the stamp act. The leaders included Alexander McDougall in NY, and Samuel Adams and James Otis in NE. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight t between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed. -
The Tea Act
American colonists could buy no tea unless it came from the East India company. The Tea Act lowered the price on this East India tea so much that it was way below tea from other suppliers. this led to the Boston Tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
Protest against Britshes taxes in which Bostonians disguised as Native Americans dumped tea into the harbor. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
British troops sent out from Boston to nearby Concord to seize weapons. The War began with the Battle Of Lexington.
