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The French and Indian War
The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French and Indian War, The conflict was played out in Europe, India, and North America.
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Proclamation of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, it removed several ominous barriers and opened up new opportunities for the colonists. -
The Sugar Act
Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act . Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
The Currency Act
The colonies suffered a constant shortage of currency with which to conduct trade. There were no gold or silver mines and currency could only be obtained through trade regulated by Great Britain. Many of the colonies felt no other alternative to printing their own paper money in the form of Bills of Credit. -
The Stamp Act
George Grenville rose in Parliament to offer the fifty-five resolutions of his Stamp Bill. A motion was offered to first read petitions from the Virginia colony and others was denied. The bill was passed on February 17, approved by the Lords on March 8th, and two weeks later ordered in effect by the King. -
The Declartory Act
An act for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the anger of the citizenry. -
The 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. -
Boston Tea Party
The British were in a spot all because of tea. The partial repeal of the Townshend Acts did not bring the same reaction in the American colonies as the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention. -
The First Virginia Constitution
The Constitution of Virginia is the document that defines and limits the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the citizens. -
U.S. Constitution was Signed
We the people of the United States was crerated, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
