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french and Indian war
The war was fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the vast colonial territory of North America. -
stamp act
The act required the colonists to pay a tax and represented by a stamp on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards -
sugar act
The Sugar Act cut the jobs on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon and retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of rum -
Declaratory act
The Declaratory Act is when the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend act
The Townshend act was taxed goods were imported to the American colonies. -
Tea Act
By reducing the tax on imported British tea this act gave British merchants an unfair advantage in selling their tea in America. -
revolutionary war
The war was fought between 1765 and 1783 when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rule.