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mollases act
The mollases act of 1733 was an act of the parliament of great Britain which imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on mollases from non british paliament. -
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road to the revolution
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French and Indian War (start)
The French and Indian War was a seven-year war between England and the American colonies, against the French and some of the Indians in North America. When the war ended, France was no longer in control of Canada. The Indians that had been threatening the American colonists were defeated. -
End of French and Indian war
The tensions and struggle reached their peak when in the summer of 1754, the Virginian governor sent a colonel who was young and relatively inexperienced into the Ohio valley to halt the French expansion. That assault however failed as a third of the colonel’s men were killed before he himself finally surrendered. That early attack, though not successful, marked the beginning of the French and Indian war which the British finally won. -
sugar act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. But because of corruption, they mostly evaded the taxes and undercut the intention of the tax — that the English product would be cheaper than that from the French West Indies. -
Stamp act
A stamp act is a law enacted by government that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. The stamp act was considered upsetting to some people. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents. -
quartering act
In March 1765, Parliament passed the Quartering Act to address the practical concerns of such a troop deployment. Under the terms of this legislation, each colonial assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs of soldiers stationed within its borders. Specified items included bedding, cooking utensils, firewood, beer or cider and candles. This law was expanded in 1766 and required the assemblies to billet soldiers in taverns and unoccupied houses. -
Boston Massacre
The boston Massacre was a misunderstanding between the colonists and brithis soldiers. The colonists threatened with weapons and the soldiers were being taunted and told to fire by the colonists not there captain. One soldier got hit with a club and fell over and his musket went off then the captain told them to fire. 9 colonists died, several wounded. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. -
Quebec Act
1774 Quebec Act passed by the British Parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763. It gave the French Canadians complete religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law. The Thirteen Colonies considered this law one of the Intolerable Acts , for it nullified many of the Western claims of the coast colonies by extending the boundaries of the province of Quebec to the Ohio River on the s -
Battle of Lexington and Concord