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French and Indian War
The war was between the French and the British with Indians on both sides. Early on in the war, the French used guerilla warfare against the British. But later on Britain came back and retook key cities leading to British victory. The British won the war . The significance was the Proclamation of 1763. The British also started taxing colonist. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that the colonist could not move past the Appalachian Mountains. Gave Indians the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists still moved west anyway. -
Sugar act
This law allowed English to tax sugar and molasses. People who smuggled were sent to a British court, not a colonial one. England began taxing the colonies because of the debt from the French and Indian War. Colonists still smuggled sugar and molasses. -
Stamp act
This law required colonist to pay a tax for a stamp to be on documents. The colonist were outraged with the Stamp Act. A group known as the Sons of Liberty harassed and protested British stamp agents. The House of Burgesses passed laws proposed by Patrick Henry that were against the Stamp Act. -
Quartering Act
This law required colonist to provide food, drink, and housing for British troops. The colonists disputed the legality of this act because it had violated the Bill of Rights. -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
Parliament repealed the stamp act. But on the same day Parliament had passed the Declaratory Act. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory act was passed after the repeal of the Stamp Act. This law was basically England saying that they had the right to rule and tax the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A group of colonist gathered around the Customs house in Boston.They were protesting the tax. A group of guards came to protect the Customs House. The colonist started throwing snowballs at the British. Eventually it came to colonist with clubs. The british then fired at the colonist killing five colonist, one of them a fugitive slave known as Crispus Attucks. The colonists took this as propaganda and it made the British look bad. -
Boston Tea Party
The British passed the Tea Act and the Boston Harbor refused to not accept British shipments. Samuel Adams and his group dressed up as Indians.His gang got on the ship and threw 500,000 pounds of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Acts
This act was aimed to punish the colonist of Boston. This law closed the Boston harbor and made the colonist lost their legislatures. Colonist also were no longer tried by colonial courts, instead they were tried under a British judge. The colonist wrote letters and newspapers Also the First Continental Congress was formed to come up with a way to fight the Act.
