Stirrings of Rebellion

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France
  • Proclamation Line

    Proclamation Line

    Was one of many attempts to define a boundary that would separate colonists from Native Americans
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Taxes collected from the colonist to help pay for defending the frontier.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A massacre cause by red coats shooting at protesting colonist
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Was a political protest for taxation by the sons of Liberty
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.