US History

  • End Of French Indian War

    The war gave Britain huge gains in territory in North America, but anrguements over frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to discontent, and eventually to the American Revolution.
  • Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act was meant to lower the price on molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon.
  • Stamp Act

    This act “required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.”
  • Declaratory Act

    “The purpose of the Declaratory Act of 1766 was to affirm that Great Britain had complete authority to tax its American colonies.“
  • Townshend Act

    This act helped pay the expenses involved in governing the colonies.
  • Tea Act

    The act's biggest purpose was to bail out the floundering East India Company.
  • Start Of The Revolutionary War

    The purpose of the war was to establish the USA as a country.