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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was apart of a larger global conflict called the Seven Years War. The French and British had most territoral disputes within North America during this war. Both countries wanted access to the profitable fur trade and cheap fertile land west of the Appalachian Mountians. British lost most of their initial battles, they ultimalty won the war. The war caused relations to worsen within the British and Colonist. Colonist were angry in 1763, and taxes they were forced to pay -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a 3 cent tax placed on goods like sugar, coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of alcohol. The Colonist were not happy with this law because they had no say in parliament. The slogan "no taxation without representation"became popular in the colonist. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required that a stamp purchased by the British government had to be placed on all important documents like court papers, newspapers, and even playing cards. They were outraged because they were paying for troops that were keeping them out of land they just fought for, But they still had no repatriation in parliament. Because of this it lead to an increase in colonial protest. -
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams is often credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty was organised in the summer of 1765. It was a organization that was created in the Thirteen Colonies. It was formed to protect the rights of Colonist and to fight taxation by the British government. It was a huge role in most Colonies in battling the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts was a very serious, the purpose of this Acts was to raise revenue in the Colonist to pay the salaries of governors and judges so they remain loyal to Great Britain. The Townshend Act imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea that went to the Colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770. It was between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks. Several Colonist were killed and this led to a campaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. The British Solders killed five protesters outside the Customs house in Boston. The protesters were protesting the British occupation of their city sent to Boston to enforce taxation measures. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American Colonies. The reason for this Act was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company. And to help the struggling company to survive. The American Colonist refused to buy the taxed tea. which had resulted difficulties for the East India Company. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of people of Colonist protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retaliation, the British close the port, and inflict even harsher penalties. It was a incident in which 342 chests of tea were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American Patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.The British were angry with the actions of the Colonist and needed to impose a punishment. This became in the form of the Intolerable Acts. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. It was meant to punish the American Colonist for the Boston Tea Party. The Coercive Acts were name used to describe a series of law relating to Britans Parliament in 1774. Four of these Acts were in direct response to the Boston Tea party. -
The First Continental Congress
Delegates from each of the thirteen Colonist except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organised Colonial resistance to Parliament Coercive Acts. Americans were fed up that Henry was known as a great orator so because of this it caused the First Continental Congress. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
In this Battle the British killed many minutemen and advance to Concord, were they destroyed some military supplies.Tensions were building on for many years between residents of the thirteen American Colonies, and British Authorities. The Americans won this Battle because British retreated back to Boston.
