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french and Indian war
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War The border between French and British possessions was not well defined, and one disputed territory was the upper Ohio River valley. 1763 was the end of the war. -
proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War. It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve. -
sugar act
the sugar act had a goal of 100,000 pounds. There was also a bout six pence per gallon to 3 pence per gallon, in attempts to discourage smuggling of the sugar act. -
Stamp Act of 1765
So for the The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament and Then the new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, documents, newspapers, other publications and even cards were taxed. -
Townshed Acts
They made tons of new rules and they placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the New taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was to benefit the East India Company by giving them the rights to sell tea in the colonies making a monopoly which the colonists didn't like. -
Boston Tea Party
There was a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists disguised as Indians threw the stuff of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts where there punishments that they got if they did something against the law or got in trouble The punishments were crazy brutal and unnecessary. But thats how it was back then. -
first continental congress
this was a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes.