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French & Indian War
The French and Indian War was a sev n tear war. The war was fought between the colonies of Britian and France. Both sides were supported by military units from the countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III. It denied all settlements past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
An act passed by Great Britian that taxed sugar. -
Stamp Act
An act by th British that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers. The act was repealed in 1766 -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act were acts passed relating to the British Colonies. The acts Townshend Acts we created by Charles Townshend. He died before the negative effect of the acts was noticed. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a giant street fight between the British troops and colonists. Snowballs, sticks, and rocks were thrown, injuring many. Many colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
An act to get the taxes on Tea lowered. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty. They were disguised as American Indians, and destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The acts took away Massachusetts' self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It announced that the thirteen American colonies, were now newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
