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Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war (7 Years' War) between France and Great Britian. In terms of the treaty, France gave up all of its territory in the Americas by giving all of Canada and its territories east of the Mississippi to Great Britian and giving Louisiana to Spain. Spain also had to give up Florida to Great Britian. France was only really able to hold onto the island of St. Pierre and Miquelon. -
Sugar Act (1764)
The Sugar Act was an act that wass passed in the year of 1764. The British placed taxs on imported goods like sugar and wine. The britch did this to gain more money from the colonies and to spend it on more security on the colonies. The British hoped that the act would force the colonists to sell their goods to Britian than other countries. Colonists were worried that they would lose money because they were only able to see their products to Britian. -
The Stamp Act (1765)
The Stamp Act was passed on March 22, 1765. The new act was forced on all people living in the colonies and made them pay on ever peice if printed paper they used. Some items that were teaxed were legal documents, newspaper, and playing cards. The money collected from the Stamp Act was used to pay for defending the fronteir near the Appalachian Mountains. The tax was verry small but offended most colonists becuase they had no vote about the new act. -
Declaratory Act (1766)
The Declaratory Act was an act that was used for better securring the the strength of his Majesty's dominance over the colonies. Parliament can take whatever action that they thought fit for the Empire. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, colonists didn't realize that the Declaratory Act increased the ammount of acts that were passed after that. As a result, Parliment started issuing every act as for the good of the Empire. -
Townshend Acts (1766)
The Townshend Acts were passed shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. They were originated to collect money from colonists on imports like glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.The colonists protested against the taxes. Again, Boston merchants boycotted British goods. British troops were sent to keep control of the boycott, but led up to the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of 5 colonists by the British forces. It started as an argument whih then escalated into an "attack" by the colonists on the British officers. After the attack was initated, the soliders opened fire onto the crowd. After the incident thesoliders were found "Not Guilty" and were clear of all charges. The colonists found out and now believe that the British will kill to make sure that their laws are followed. -
Tea Act (1773)
The Tea Act was a bill designed to save the East India Company from bankruptcy. The act lowered the price of tea, and since all legal tea was improted from England, they were able to sell for less. Even smuggled tea from places like the Dutch was still more expensive than the English tea during the time of the act. Most people from England beleived that the colonists wouldn't protest a lower price on tea. The Tea Act lead into the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists protesting the American tea importation recently granted by Parliment to the East India Company, dressed up as Native Americans and borded one of the British ships and seized 342 chests of tea in a raid that was preformend in the middle of the night and threw them into the harbor. Under pressure from Patroit groups, the consignees from Charleston, New York, and Philadelphiarefused to accept the tea shipments, yet Boston merchants refused to concede. -
Intolerable Acts (1774)
The Intolerable acts were forced on the colonists because of the government spending a large amount of money on troops and equipment to subjugate Massachusettes. Merchants from Britian lost huge sums of money after beeing looted or produce spoiled or was damaged. After the war, the British Government decided to reap the rewards of the war. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord started the American Revolutionary War. The colonies and the British had been adversaries for years now especially in Massachusetts. Hundreds of British Troops marched from Boston to Concord in order to take control of the arms cache. Paul Revere and others alerted everyone that the British were coming, so the militiamen began mobilizing to intercerpt the British. A conflict in Lexington started the fighting.
