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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war lasted from 1756 to 1763. It began when the French expasion to the Ohio River Valley led to conflict with the British. The British won the war -
Proclamation Line of 1763
Issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's gain of French territory. It forbidden all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Also known as the American Revenue Act, The Sugar Act was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764. It was a law that placed a tax on sugar and other goods, such as coffee and wine. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax required all American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications. -
Declaratory Act
A declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Revenue Acts
Townshend Revenue Acts was designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. The culmination of tensions in the American colonies against the Royal troops caused the massacre -
Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774. It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts. -
Quartering Acts
The 1774 Quartering Act was one of the series of Intolerable Acts passed as a reprisal to the Boston Tea Party. Provided the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
Intolerable Acts
Was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor in reaction to being taxed by the British. -
Treaty of Psris
The Treaty of Paris was negotiated between the United States and Great Britain. It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States. It also ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
