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The French and Indian war
1754-1763 The French and Indian War was apart of a larger global conflict called the Seven Years War. The French and British had the most territorial disputes within North America during this war. Both countries wanted access to the profitable fur trade business and the cheap fertile land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Although the British lost majority of the initial battles they ultimately won the war. The war caused relations to worsen between the British and the Colonists. -
the sugar act
April 5th, 1764 Description: The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764 in order to help pay for their debt from the French and Indian War as well as to pay for the troops guarding the Proclamation Line of 1763. It forced the colonists to pay a 3 cent tax on goods like sugar, coffee, indigo and certain kinds of alcohol. The colonists were not happy with this law because they had no say in parliament. The slogan “No Taxation without Representation”. -
The Stamp Act
1765 The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 165 in order to support the British soldiers protecting the Proclamation Line. The Stamp Act required that a stamp purchased by the British government had to be placed on all important documents like court papers, newspapers and even playing cards. The colonists were outraged because they were paying for troops that were keeping them out of the land they had just fought for in the French and Indian War and they still had no nobody. -
Son of Liberty
Summer of 1765 a well organized political group that was secret. It was established to the undermine British rule in colonial America. It started -
Town Shed Act
1767
the British parliament passed several laws called the Townsend acts these laws were designed to not only help England raise money to cover the cost of the french and Indian war but it was also a way to show England had power over the colonists. They needed some more reinforce their authority because their attempt -
Boston masker
1770
they taxed ( glasses, tea, paint ,paper) to help raise money for the french and Indian war the colonist protested so much they had to take it down because nobody would buy it and they were boycotting. -
The Boston Tea Party
1770
On March 5 1770 there was a violent confrontation between the British soldiers and the colonists in Boston and colonists.
The tea act was passed by Parliament in 1773.This new tax law was not designed to raise tax in the colonies.the tea act was created to help the east India company.They agreed to wear ragged clothes and disfigure ourselves dressing to resemble as Indians we put a sentry at the end of the wharf. -
The Tea Act
1773
This new tax law was not designed to raise taxes in the colonies. The tea act was created to help the East the company was having great financial difficulty and had 18 million pounds of unsold tea.A monopoly is when someone buys something and then sold it for more money then they bought it for. -
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
the British were able to sleep at the colonist homes and the colonist had to feed them and take care of them.the colonist also sent money and food to Boston The next meet the colonist they had they were talking about what to do.the British could go into people's homes without a permit and they could go in there at any time and do what they wanted to do.this caused the colonists to unite the British. Colonists throughout the 13 colonies sent money and food to Boston. -
The First Continental Congress
1774
the most important political men in the 13 colonies met but Georgia did not send his men the talked about the current crisis (George Washington,John Adams,Patrick Henry,John Jay,Samuel Adams and many more).the members of the first continental congress sent a petition to king George the 3rd.the confirmed that they were still loyal to the king George the 3 and to England. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Paul revere alerts the local militias the British were coming
At Lexington the british won because there were more red cost and when the red cost won they went over to the fort to see if they had guns but the minute men had the gun already hidden so they could not be found by the rede costs not that much minuit men but then at concord the minute men win because they were all there and ready for battle and they ran off the red coust back to boston.
