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French and Indian war
The French and British had the most territorial disputes within North America during this war. Both countries wanted access to the profitable fur trade business and the cheap fertile land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Although the British ultimately won the war. The war caused relations to worsen between the British and the Colonists. The colonists were angry with the Proclamation Line of 1763 and the taxes they were forced to pay and that they had no say if they wood be tax. -
The Sugar Act
The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764 in order to help pay for their debt from the French and Indian War as well as to pay for the troops guarding the Proclamation Line of 1763. It forced the colonists to pay a 3 cent tax on goods like sugar, coffee, indigo and certain kinds of alcohol. The colonists were not happy with this law because they had no say in parliament. The slogan “No Taxation without Representation” became popular in the colonies. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required that a stamp purchased by the British government had to be placed on all important documents like court papers, newspapers and even playing cards. The colonists were outraged because they were paying for troops that were keeping them out of the land they had just fought for in the French and Indian War and they still had no representation in Parliament. This led to an increase in colonial protests. -
Sons of Liberty
A well-organized political organization shrouded in secrecy that was established to undermine British rule in colonial America. This group span up in port cities like Boston and New York.
Group member were men from all walks of life, and they were known to be hot headed and violent. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts taxed imported items such as paper, glass, paint and tea. The English Parliament passed this act to cover costs of the French and Indian War, as well as to show that they still had power over the colonies. The colonists were outraged with this act so they held public demonstrations, boycotted products and smuggled in goods. Parliament eventually decided to repeal this act because of colonial protests. -
The Boston Massacre
On March 5 1770 there was a violent conflict between the British soldiers and the colonists in Boston and 5 colonists were shot and killed and 8 were wounded and the British soldiers did it on accident. The soldiers thought that their leader said fire when it was a Colonist derringer them to fire -
Tea act
This new tea act was not designed to raise taxes in England. The tea act was created to help the East India company.The act made the the colonist mad. The Philippines and New York refused to pay for the tea so they sent them back to Charleston the colonist left the tea to rot on the docks. But the rest of the colonist started The Boston tea party. -
The Boston tea party
60 Men dressed like native Americans want on the tea ships in Boston to dump the tea in the ocean because they had no say in their government or weren't told that they were going to be made to pay from one company in India, by England and the east India company. -
Coercive (Intolerable) act
The Intolerable acts was the act were the British soldiers search your house to find smuggled items in your house. If they find smuggled items you wood pay for what you did and go to jail as a punishment for bringing smuggled items. -
The First continental congress
all of this important founding fathers George Washington,John Adams, Patrick Henry, john jay, Samuel Adams,and many others to send a message for king George the 3rd to tell him their still loyal to England but to stop taxing them or they'll rebel and stop exporting raw goods to England for not taking down the taxis on them -
The battle of Lexington
the colonists lost the beginning of the battle but then won the one after they shadows march the British soldiers and shot and hit them one by one and won that battle of Lexington .
