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French and Indian War
-The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies. -
Publication of Common Sense
-Ended Febuary 10,1763 -
Sugar Act
-Taxes from the earlier Molasses Act of 1733 had never been effectively collected, largely due to colonial evasion as the molasses trade grew.
-Was to raise taxes on sugar so that the British could pay off for the war. So government cover their debt. -
Formation of the Sons of Liberty
-The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act.
- They were important because they were the foundation on which further resistance to British rule was based culminating in the Revolutionary War. -
Stamp Act
-The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
-It was important because the colonist were mad, about the whole taxation without representation. Eventually, they declared independence. -
Quartering Act
-The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
-required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. -
Declaratory Act
-Was a British Law, passed in mid March by the Parliament of Great Britain, that was passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed.
-The delcaratory act gave Britian the right to pass certain acts -
Townshend Act
-Ended on July 2
- the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.
-Townshend Acts of 1767 were important because they helped to reignite anger in the colonies against England. Just the year before, Parliament had repealed the Stamp Tax after heated protests from the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
- The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
- Tensions had developed between the colonists and England, and the former were beginning to take steps to further declare themselves against royal authority.
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Tea Act
-granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
-Colonist didnt like taxation without representation, and the tax on tea was a lighting rod on their grivences -
Continental Convention
- in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -It addressed the problems in the governing of the united states and as a result wrote the constitution
