French and Indian war

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    Colonial unrest

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    The British win the French and Indian War. France cedes North American territory to the British

  • Pontiac's rebellion

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Sugar act

    The Sugar Act actually reduced the tax on molasses, but reienforced the implementation (Stopped smuggeling) of the tax which angered colonists who were used to a system of Salutary Neglect

  • Stamp act

    A tax on all paper documents produced in the colonies. Papers must have offical stamp to prove they have paid the tax.

  • Quartering act

    Under this act colonists must provide housing and supplies for British soldiers stationed in their colony

  • Declaratory act

    Repeals the Stamp Act, BUT reaffirms Englands ability to make laws to regulate the colonies.

  • Townshend acts

    Tax on paper, led, paint, glass, and tea. These taxes are for the sole purpose of generating revenue for England.

  • Tea act

  • Boston tea party

    Sons of Liberty sneak onto British Tea Ships and dump cargo into Boston Harbor.

  • Intolerable acts

    British response to the Boston Tea Party.
    - Shut down Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
    -Took away Massachusetts right to self-govern

  • First continental colonist