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The French & Indian War
The French/Indians fought the British over land in the Ohio River Valley. -
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The French & Indian War
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Treaty of Paris (1763)
The British defeated the French/Indians. French lost ALL land in North America. The British also gained spanish Florida. -
The Proclamation of 1763
King George the Third, proclaimed the land west of the Appalachian Mountains unsettelable. Colonists were outraged. -
The British impose taxes on the Colonists.
The British imposed taxes on the colonists without their vote to pay for the French & Indian War. The colonists disagreed with this greatly. -
The British imposed the Stamp Act on colonists.
The British taxed paper products made in Britain. This only effected the colonies. The colonists responded by boycotting British Tea. -
The Declaratory Act & Repeal of the Stamp Act
-The Declaratory Act stated that Parliment's authority was the same in America as it was in Britain. That same day Parliment repealed the Stamp Act. The colonist savored a temporary victory, but they were then slapped with another Act. -
The Townshed Acts
The Townshed Acts were passed by Parliment. The colonists were angered. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers kill 5 colonists and injure 6 more when they are tested by an angry, anti-tax mob. The soldiers were tried for murder and defended by John Adams. They were found not guilty, but the colonists believe they will kill to enforce laws. -
The Boston Tea Party
The "Sons of Liberty," dressed as Indians, dumped large shipments of British Tea into Boston Harbor. The British imposed more acts on the colonies and forced them to pay for the lost tea. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts passed on the colonies by Parliment. This was in a sense the straw that broke the camel's back to the colonists. -
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
This is the first battle of the American Revolution. 4,000 colonists attacked British troops traveling from Boston to Concord and then back to Boston. The British suffered 273 casualties and the Americans lost 90. The colonists were now engaged in war.
