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French and Indian War
It took place both across the continents of Europe and North America and involved France, England, Russia, Prussia, Spain, and others. The war began because Britain felt they needed to prevent the French from gaining control over trade and territories that the British thought were rightfully theirs. -
Proclamation of 1763
After Britain won the Seven Years' War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. The ROYAL PROCLAMATION OF 1763 was issued, which declared the boundaries of settlement for inhabitants of the 13 colonies to be Appalachia. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. Great Britain was faced with a massive national debt following the seven years’ war. That debt had grown from £72,289,673 in 1755 to £129,586,789 in 1764*. English citizens in Britain were taxed at a rate that created a serious threat of revolt. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts, also called Coercive Acts, (1774), in U.S. colonial history, four punitive measures enacted by the British parliament in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance, together with the quebec act establishing a new administration for the territory ceded to britain after the french and indian war (1754–63). -
tea act
Not only had the Crown attempted to tax the colonies on several occasions, but two taxes were still being collected one on sugar and one on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Governor THOMAS HUTCHINSON allow three ships carrying tea to enter Boston Harbor. Before the tax could be collected, Bostonians took action. On a cold December night, radical townspeople stormed the ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water. Disguised as Native Americans, the offenders could not be identified. -
Declaration of Independence
56 people signed the declaration of independence and 8 of that 56 were born in Britain. 13 colonies signed the paper to. It is a paper that gives us are rights for America.
