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French and Indian war
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict that was part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
colonial settlers were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains without permission from the British government -
Sugar act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Stamp Act of 1765
This act increased the price of important legal documents and newspapers by requiring the use of costly stamps.
In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act of 1765: This act increased the price of important legal documents and newspapers by requiring the use of costly stamps. -
Quartering Act
this act enacted in 1765 required colonists to provide lodging and supplies to British Troops. -
Sons of Liberty
A group of shopkeepers who banded together in numerous protests against British acts, namely the Stamp Act. Their protests contributed to the repeal of the Stamp Act by the British. -
Stamp Act Congress
Held in October, 1765, all thirteen colonies sent representatives to New York City to prepare a declaration to King George III about repealing the Stamp Act. This was the first time that majority ruled to oppose british rule. This caused Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act but also angered them into more drastic action against the colonists. -
The Declaratory Act of 1766
it states that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies -
Townshend Acts
In 1767 a new set of acts, known as the Townshend Acts was passed by Parliament which allowed the use of writs of assistance: documents that enabled officers to enter and search any location to look for evidence of smuggling, drastically increasing the power of the customs officers to an unbearable level.
Another Townshend act was used for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation from this ki -
Boston Massacre
in 1770 a "patriot" mob started throwing stones at a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers -
Gaspee incident
The Gaspée Affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. HMS Gaspée, a British customs schooner that had been enforcing unpopular trade regulations, ran aground in shallow water on June 9, 1772, near what is now known as Gaspee Point in the city of Warwick, Rhode island -
Boston Tea Party
This was a protest in response to the Tea Act which gave the British East India Company a monopoly over the tea trade due to tax breaks. Angered colonists, dressed as Indians threw chests of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor. This caused Parliament to enact the Intolerable Acts -
Coercive Acts
Also known as the Intolerable acts. the 4 Acts included; Boston port act, which closed the port of Boston until tea party damages were paid; Massechusets Government Act, which controlled democratic town meetings and turned the governors council into an appointed body; the Administration of Justice Act, made British officials immune to Massechusets law; the Quartering Act, which required colonists to quarter British Troops. -
First Continental Congress
In response to the Intolerable Acts, representatives met in Philadelphia to write and send a document demanding their rights be restored, and plotted to continue the boycott of British goods, They vowed to hold another meeting if their demands were not met by the next year. -
Lexington and Concord
the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) -
Second Continental Congress May 1775
When Britain responded with force against the first Continental Congress, representatives met again in Philadelphia and discussed the proposition of independence. Not all favored this approach and many months were spent debating the correct course of action. Thomas Paine convinced the people of the colonies that declaring independence was the correct response to Britain and by 1776 Congreess appointed Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence to officially break bonds with Britai
