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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was between the French, the British, and their Native American allies. The war took off when the British attacked Fort Duquesne. It started in 1754 and ended in 1763. This war may also be referred to as The Seven Years War. It took place to gain control of North America, and was fought in North america. The Treaty of Paris was signed to end the conflict between the warring countries. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 to end conflict between the warring people including the French, the British, and the Native Americans. The French lost all land they had possession of before the war. The British gained all French lands and Florida. Spain gained all land west of the Mississippi River, but lost Florida to the British.It was signed in North America. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was proposed by Great Britain on the American Colonies. This act could also be referred to as the American Revenue Act. It was signed in the American colonies on April 5, 1764. This was the first tax imposed on Americans, which was a 3 cent tax on foreign refined sugar. This act granted duties in the British colonies and on plantations in America. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was signed on March 22, 1765. It imposed direct tax on the Colonies by British Parliament. The act required any printed materials in the colonies that were shipped to be produced on stamped paper with an embossed revenue stamp. The money recieved by this act was used to pay to protect American Frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. It was signed in the original 13 colonies. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was originated by Charles Townshend, obviously named after him and was passed by English Parliament on July 2, 1767. This was in effect to all British colonies. The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by English Parliament in relation to all the British colonies in North America. The purpose of these acts were to raise funds in colonies to enforce regulation of trade, and to pay governors and judges. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed 5 colonists when they were attack by an angry anti-tax mob in Boston. The soldiers were tried for murder and found "not guilty" but many colonists now believed that the British will kill to enforce unfair tax laws. -
Tea Act
The Tea Acts main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but bail out the East India Company. The British goverment granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of the tea in the colonies. The colonists didnt accept it so the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it. Their resistence culminated in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, in which colonists boarded East India Company ships and dumbed their loads of tea overboard. -
Boston Tea Party
In Massachusetts, memebers of an anti-tax group started bu John Hancock and Samuel Adams known as" Sons of Liberty" dumped a large shipment of British tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. King George III declares that " the colonies are in a state of rebellion" and sends more troops to the colonies to enforce the law. -
Intoerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed by Parliament which were laws to punish Boston. They stripped Massachusetts of self-goverment and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistence in the thirteen colonies. Also the Boston harbor was closed and public meetings were made illegally, Finally military rule was imposed in the colony until the tea was paid for. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolution. It was when the British troops left Boston in search of weapons being stored by the "Sons of Liberty" and they wanted to kill John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Also nearly 4000 colonists attacked the British soldiers as the march from Boston to Concord and then back to Boston. The British suffered 273 casualities unlike the Americans who suffered 90.
