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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War lasted from 1756 to 1763. It was also known as the Seven Years' War. In the early 1750s, France did an expansion into the Ohio River valley which brought a lot of conflict with the claims of the British colonies. During the ending the peace conference in 1763 the British received Canada from France and they also received Florida from Spain. When that happened the British allowed France to keep its West Indian Sugar Islands and the Mississippi Valley opened. -
Proclamation of 1763
During 1763 when the French and Indian War had finished, the British issued a proclamation that would only be temporary. The proclamation caused the close down of colonial expansion westward which affected the thirteen colonies. Only licensed traders were allowed to travel westward or deal with Indians, since private citizens and colonial governments alike were forbidden from buying land from or make any relations with natives. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed by the Parliament on April 4, 1764 which was a modified version of the Sugar Molasses Act of 1733 which would expire soon. The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon. Foreign foods were also taxed such as sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimento, etc. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act imposed taxes on all paper documents in the colonies, since the British Empire had a lot of debts from the French and Indian War. The colonists would use mob violence in order to intimidate stamp collectors. The Parliament the repealed the Stamp Act in 1776. -
Quartering Act
On March 24, 1765 the Parliament passed the Quartering Act which would let British soldiers find room and board in the American colonies. It required the colonies to house British soldiers in camps provided by the colonies. When the camps were too small for all the soldiers then localities would accommodate them in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, etc. On 1776 the Continental Army took them out and it ended. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into colonies. In 1770, the Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the tax on tea. Resistance to the tea tax became a symbol of American patriotism. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. The tension between the American colonists and Royal troops caused this to happen. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act would bail out the floundering East India Company. The parliament would respond with a series of harsh punishments. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against taxation. The receivers in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia rejected tea shipments. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts was also known as the Coercive Acts. Since the British had gone too far already for the first time an intercolonial conference was called. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies and they met from September 9, 1774 through October 26, 1774. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
On April 19, 1775 around 700 British troops arrived in Lexington and came upon 77 militiamen gathered on the town green. After a full-scale war of independence had broken out.
