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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans. It created a boundary, known as the proclamation line, separating the British colonies on the Atlantic coast from American Indian lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act was the first taxes put in place by the British Parliament -
Stamp Act
Required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on a stamped paper that was manufactured in London. -
Boston Massacre
Confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that was held by the Sons of Liberty due to Taxation without representation. -
Intolerable Acts
laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party which were intended to punish all Massachusetts colonists -
Boston Blockade
It out lawed the use of the Boston port due to the Boston Tea party. -
Continental Congress
convention of delegates from a number of British American colonies who acted for the people of the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in the Pennsylvania State House
