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Calico act of 1720
Banned the import of textiles in England, followed by the restriction of sale of most cotton textiles.The English East India Company quickly embraced the demand for calico, importing exotic textiles from around the globe into England and creating competition for domestic textile factories. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was to declare where the British colonies ended and couldn't go -
The End of The French and Indian War
The war ended in 1763 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. It was signed by the kingdoms of Britain, the French, And spain. It is important because it officially ended the war. -
The Sugar Act
the 1764 Sugar Act extended the existing 1733 Sugar and Molasses Act and was also known as the American Revenue act and it created taxes on imported goods form other countrys other then the British -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was officially pased on March 8 1765 by the Lords. It is a tax, on the colonists, on all printed goodssuch as books and legal documents. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occured on March 5. It started as colonists throwing rocks and snowballs at the British soldiers. The colonists hit them with clubs and dared them to shoot. Eventually the British soldiers opened fire and killed five people. Paul Revere made an engraving of this only showing the colonists getting shot and the colonists were shown as defensless and shocked. This was used as propoganda to depict the British soldiers as evil beings. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party occured Dec 16th, as a rebellian to the Tea Act. It was done by British Colonist disguised as Mohawk Indians. They opened the chests and dumped tea into the harbor.
