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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the war between Britain and France. The British came out on top that forced the French to give up all it's land in North America. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain had gained land from beating the French in a war. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Taxes
After the French and Indian War Great Britain was in a lot of debt. To pay that off they placed taxes on the colonies. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation 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 political and mercantile protests by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the colonists for their defiance. -
Boston Blockade
The Boston Port Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law on March 31, 1774, and took effect on June 1, 1774. It was one of five measures that were enacted during the spring of 1774 to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from a number of British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution, who acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America. -
Deceleration of Independce
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
