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French and Indian War
After the war someone needed to pay for all the costs of the war, so the government taxed the colonist. Although, they obviously because angry with this. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was followed after the Treaty of Paris which ended the 7 years of war and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon. -
The Stamp Act
It is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. -
The Declaratory Act
An act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
The Townshend Acts
Parliament tried to assert its authority by passing legislation to tax goods that the Americans imported from Great Britain. The Americans then acted out by organizing a boycott of the British goods that were subject to taxation and then began harassing the British customs commissioners. -
The Boston Massacre
A confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
The Boston Tea Party
A political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
4 laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Engagements of the Revolutionary War between British troops and the Minutemen who had been warned of the attack by Paul Revere. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
It was the first major battle of the War Of Independence. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton boosted the morale of the American troops.