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French and Indian Wars
The French and Indian Wars start between France and Great Britain for lands in North America. Britain's economy was suffering because of the debt caused by the war, which led to the taxation that angered the colonists in the beginning. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government. -
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Pontiac's Rebellion
A rebellion of Indians fighting the British over rules on the Great Lakes region. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation was issued Oct. 7th, 1763, by King George III to forbid any colonization past the Appalachian Mountains -
The Sugar Act
It is a requirement for traders/merchants to pay taxes on sugar and molasses -
Currency Act
The act in which Great Britain developed paper currency to help traders and merchants with the value of colonial currency going down. -
Stamp Act
The act in which Great Britain made the colonists pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they got -
Quartering Act
The act in which Great Britain passed that if there is not enough room in the quarters they are allowed to stay in public homes or inns for free. -
Sons of Liberty
First major act of the group was in Boston due to the Stamp Act that was put in place. -
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Townshend Act
The Act in which Great Britain put a tax on everything that came into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A riot that broke out between the colonists and the British guards. -
Tea Act
Helped a struggling Indian company ship tea to America, yet no new taxes were made on the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonist dressed as Indians raided three ships as a protest towards the tax on tea. -
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Intolerable Acts
The first act was formed on March 31, 1774, the second, May 20, 1774 and the third, May 20,1774. Punitive laws formed by the British government in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quebec Act
Britain passed an act that gave the French Canadians religious freedom and got them out of civil law. -
1st Continental Congress
All states (except Georgia) met in Pennsylvania to organize a resistance against Great Britain. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
British soldiers were sent to the colonies to colonies to confiscate their weapons and ended up in a war. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Was the first public asking for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaratory Act
Made the taxing laws the same in the colonies as Great Britain
