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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war between American colonists and the French over land, Indians sided with who ever they believed would win. -
The Proclomation Act of 1763
The Proclomation Act of 1763 was a law that forbade all English settlement past a border in the Appalachian mountains. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed by parliament to place taxes on sugar. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act forced colonists to put stamps on newspapers, and legal and commercial documents that you had to pay for. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forced the American colonists to provide soldiers with any needed accomodations or housing, along with food. -
The Boston Massacre
An incident where British Army soldiers killed five civilians and injured six others. -
The Tea Act & The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is a boycott on tea taxes performed by the Sons of Liberty as a result of the Tea Act. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the Patriots' term for a series of laws passed by parliament to punish the protesters of The Boston Tea Party -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military conflict of the Revolutionary War -
The Battle of Alamance
A rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues with taxation and local control.
