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Albany plan of Union
The Albany plan of union was a plan to place the British American colonies under a more centralized government. Representatives from 7 different British North American colonies adopted the Albany plan on July 10, 1754. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war is also known as the seven years war. France's expansion into the Ohio river cause numerous conflicts between the French and Native Americans, leading to a series of battles. Officail decleration of war was 1756. The war lasted from 1756 to 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
At the end of the French and Idian war the British issued a proclamation. This proclamation was intented to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the invasion of settlers on their lands. -
Sugar act
The sugar act was a the first tax on the American colonies made by the British parliment. The purpose of the sugar act was to raise revenue. This act increased the number of items that would also be taxed. -
stamp act
The stamp act was the first internal tax levied directly on the American colonists. The British government put tax on all paper documents in the colonies. This act was meant to help with dept from the seven years war. -
Quartering act of 1765
The quartering act was law passed saying that the colonists had to provide the basic needs for soldiers stationed within its borders. This included bedding, cooking utensils, firewood, beer or cider and candles. -
Stamp act congress
The stamp act congress was on October 19th, 1765. Twenty-seven representatives attended the congress. The stamp act congress was a meeting to devise a unified protest against new British taxation. -
Repeal to the stamp act
The stamp act was passed March 22nd, 1765. This led to violence among the colonies. After four months of protesting, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory act
The Declaratory act stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. This was passed around the same time as the Repeal of the stamp act causing more trouble. -
Townshend act
The townshend acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the tax on tea in 1770. -
Boston massacre
On March 5th, 1770 a squad of British soldiers went to tend to a crowd of people who were throwing snowballs; after a while the soldiers starting shooting. A total of five people died. This event led to more tensions between the colonists and British. -
Boston tea party
On December 16th, 1773, Samual Adams and the sons of liberty boarded three britsh ships and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 -
intolerable acts
The intolerable acts was a series of laws passed by the British government. There was a few laws aimed at Massachusetts punishing them for the Boston Tea party. -
Quebec act
The Quebec act was was passed by the parliment of Great Britain; it was made to extend the boundaries of Quebec. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates were selected from 12 different colonies and attended a meeting. This meeting was intended to come up with a plan against the British Parliment. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord started the American Revolution off. Problems bulit up between the 13 colonies and the British; British troops marched from Boston to Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris marked the end of the revolutionary war between Great Britain and the United States, Also, it established borders for the new nation and recognized American independence. In April 1782 peace talks began between Richard Oswarld and the American peace commissioners. The treaty of Paris was not signed until September 3, 1783.
