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the french and indian war.
the french and indian war was the north american theater of the worldwide seven years war. the war was fought between the colonies of british america and new france. -
the proclamation of 1763
the royal proclamation of 1763 was issued october 7, 1763, by king george III following great britains acquisition of french territory. -
stamp act
the stamp act was passed by the british parliament on march 22, 1765, The new tax was imposed on all american colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publication, and even playing cards were taxed too. -
townshend acts
In U.S. colonial history, series of four acts passed by the british parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant repesentative. -
boston massacre
the boston massacre, known as the incident on king street by the british, was an incident on march 5, 1770, in which the british army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six other people. -
tea act
the tea act. the tea act, passed by parliament on may 10, 1773 they would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in boston. the act was not intended to rise revenue in the american colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. -
boston tea party
the boston tea party was a political protest by the sons of liberty in boston, on becember 16, 1773. -
intolerable acts
the intolerable acts were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the colonists for the boston tea party. there were three major act involved that angered the colonists. -
lexington and concord
the battles of lexington and concord were the first military engagements of the american revolutionary war. -
declaration of independence
independence ws formally declared on july 2, 1776, a date that jogn adams believed would be "the most memorable epocha in the history of america".
