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French and Indian War
When France's expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies. -
Proclamation Line 1763
Issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War, forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
This act was passed by the British Parliament, imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Sugar Act
Where colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on importation of imported molasses. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts passed that related to the British American colonies in North America. The Chancellor that proposed the program was Charles Townshend and the acts were named after him as well. -
Boston Massacre
When a squad of British soldiers came to support a sentry who was pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. -
Boston Tea Party
This act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. -
Intolerable Acts
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament, meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
Lexington and Concord
These battles kicked of the American Revolutionary War, tensions had already been building so this pushed everything over the edge.
