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End of French and Indian War
Britain gained all of french territory in Canada and east of the Mississippi river.
French lost land, territories in other areas, and native allies.
Spain received French lands west of the Mississippi river trade with British.
Natives lost all around, no trade, no French allies, no protection. -
Proclamation
Ended the French and Indian war. Moreover, forbid the american colonists to expand pass the Appalachian mountains -
Quartering Act
Act passed by Parliament requiring colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops -
Stamp Act
Tax on nearly all printed materials placed upon the colonies by Parliament -
Townshend Acts
Tax on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea; eventually revoked except for the tax on tea -
Boston Massacre
British troops fired into a group of Boston colonists, killing 5 -
Boston Tea Party
Patriots disguised as Native Americans boarded three British ships and dumped all the tea into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Also called the Coercive Acts, these acts were in response to the Boston Tea Party and closed the port of Boston, reinforced the Quartering Act, allowed British officials who committed a crime in the colonies to be tried in England, and included the Quebec Acts, which lowered Canada's southern border and cut off land claimed by colonies -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from every colony except for Georgia met in Philadelphia and boycotted British goods as well as talking of independence -
Second Continental Congress
Assembly of delegates from every colony that met in Philadelphia and tried to declare independence -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Considered the first battles of the American Revolutionary War, hundreds of British troops marched to Concord in order to seize an arms cache, but we met with resistance from the minutemen
