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French and Indian 1754-1763
In the French and Indian war the French vs.the British.The Indian Americans helped the French but the British was richer and stronger.It took 7 years but the British won.Then the French had to give up some of the land in the North America. -
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The Royal Proclamation
England controlled most of the North America. So the colonists moved west. When King George heard this he said that no one could move west of the Appalachian mountains. The colonists were very mad. So the King sent more soldiers. -
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The Quartering Act
Colonists were forced to provided living quarters for the British soldiers. They had to provided food, bed and blankets. -
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The Stamp Act
King George hated losing money so he declared to tax the colonists by taxing all paper materials.The colonists got mad and caused riots. So the King repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. -
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The Townshend Act
The British government official Townshend wanted to lower taxes but England still needed more money so more taxes came for the colonists. The King had to send more soldiers to enforce the act.Then the colonists started boycotting British goods.Since they were in the presence of so many Red Coats more bad feelings came up. -
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The Boston Massacre
On one March evening, a angry mob came rushing to the British soldiers while throwing snowballs at them.Then all the sudden the Red Coats yelled Fire.Five American were killed and many were wounded. The mob went crazy and the Red Coats ran for cover. Once the ''war'' was over the colonists made a plan to get back at England. -
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The Tea Act
The King ruled that the colonists could only buy tea from the British East Indian Company.The colonists didn't like the idea but the smuggles were overjoy. So the colonists started blocking ships and stops people from unloading ships. -
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The Boston Tea Party
On a December night,some colonists disguised as American Indians sneaked onto three ships carrying tons of tea.Then they dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. Now King George was outraged.Destroying tea was intolerable. -
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The Intolerable Acts
The king got even more mad and made even more rules. He closed the Boston Harbor and he also accused British soldiers of crimes should be tried in England.