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French and Indian War
http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-warThe French and Indian Was also known as the "Seven Years War" becuase it lasted from 1756 to 1763. This all started when France expanded into the Ohio River Valley, which brought repeated conflict with the claims of British Colonies, after a series of battles, British declared war on France in 1756. With lots of money from future prime minister William Pitt, the British was winning the war. Then, in 1763, at the peace confrence British receieved the territories of Canada from France. -
Proclamation of 1763
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htmAfter the French Indian war, the British issued a proclamation that closed the frontier to colonial expansion. King George III, and his council presented the proclamation as a measure to calm the indian's fears of the colonists that would take their land. -
The 1765 Stamp Act
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfmThis act was put into play and caused all Americans to pay taxes on every piece of paper sent over from Britain. The money collected by the Stamp Act was used for protecting and defending the American frontier by the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Townshend Acts
http://www.landofthebrave.info/townshend-acts.htmThe Townshend Acts were a series of taxes placed on British items such as paint, paper, glass, lead, and tea. The British used this money to maintain the British army, and to pay Royal Officials that had to work in America. -
Boston Massacre
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htmThe Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patroit" mob-armed with snowballs, sticks, and stones. Against British soldiers armed with powerful guns. All this was started because the coloniest didn't like all the British soldiers living in their towns. The Boston Massacre was a couse of the Revolutionary War. -
Tea Act
http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-actThe Tea Act, which was passed by the Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted a company named the British East India Company Tea a monopoloy on tea sales in America. This lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-partyThe Boston Tea Party occured becuase of the Tea Act in earlier 1773. On the evening of December 16, 1773, Samual Adams and the Sons of Liberty borded three ships in th Boston Harbor and sent 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the Coercive Acts in 1774. Also, it pushed the two sides closer to war. -
Intolerable Acts
http://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.aspAfter the Boston Tea Party, the British were fourious with the colonists. So, they put the British Commander of American forces in the Governer's chair in Mass. After that, they set the Intolerable Acts, which were, the Boston Port Act, Mass. Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quebec Act. All of these were to tell the colonists that the British was still in charge. -
Lexington and Concord
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concordThe battles at Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tesions between the colonists, and the British had been building for years. On the night of April 18, 1775 hundreds of British soldiers marched from Boston to Concord to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere warned the colonists, and after fighting for several years, the colonist won there independence in 1783. -
The Declaration of Independence
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/the-declaration-of-independenceThe Declaration of Independence was the document that announced the 13 Colonies to seperate from the British. The Declaration has three parts-the famous Preamble, a list of charges against King George III, and a conclusion.
