American Revolution

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods.
  • French-Indian War

    began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    Stated that Great Britain would put its soldiers in American barracks and Public Houses.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    Required the colonists to pay a tax that had a stamp on it like papers, document
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    Tax glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Throwing snowballs at the British soldiers which created a war and 6 people was killed