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The French and Indian War
The French and Natives facing the British and some Natives. British won. They were fighting for the fertile Ohio River Valley. This took place in England and North America. -
Sugar Act
It was when Parliament taxed the colonists on things that had sugar and taxed on imported foreign molasses. The colonists got very angry at Parliament for this act. -
Stamp Act
It was a tax on colonists by Parliament that put a tax on every piece of printed paper they used such as newspapers, legal document, licenses, and other publicstions. -
Quartering Act
The Bristish angered the colonists by doing this act. The act forced colonists to house and feed the British soldiers that were fighting in North America. -
Declaratory Act
The British passed this act that repealed the Stamp Act but asserted Parliament's right to rule the colonies as it saw fit. -
The Townshend Acts
The British import taxes on a variety of goods were collected to support royal officials in the colonies removing the responsibility from the colonial assemblies. They were so unpopular that all the taxes were repealed, except the on tea. -
The Tea Act
This act was created by the Britsh to save the East India Tea Company. Although it lowered the price of tea, it gave the company a monopoly and threatened the business of colonial importers. -
Intolerable Acts
Officially called the Coerive Acts, these laws were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The laws closed Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes. -
The Boston Port Act
The British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city's residents pay for the tea dumped in the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Port Act was the first and easiest to enforce of four acts that together were known as the Coercive Acts. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the American Revolution. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize arms
