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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a conflict between the American colonists and the French over control of land. The war was between Britain and its American colonies fighting against the French and their Indian allies.This put Britain in huge debt. Making them having to tax and react in ways that the colonists will not like. -
Pontaic's Rebellion
Pontiac’s Rebellion was a war between Indians of the Great Lakes region against British rule after the French and Indian War. The Indians were not happy with treatment from British officials. Unlike their French partners, British officials invested with Indian relations refused to offer gifts to tribal leaders such as guns, gunpowder, and ammunition. Furthermore, English settlers began displacing Indians from their land. -
The Proclamation of 1763
Wary of the cost of defending the colonies, George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian mountains without guarantees of security from local Native American nations. The intervention in colonial affairs offended the thirteen colonies' claim to the exclusive right to govern lands to their west. This angered the colonists because they couldn't get the land they just fought for. -
The Sugar Act
The first try to finance the defence of the colonies by the British Government. In order to discourag smuggling and to encourage the production of British rum, taxes on molasses were dropped. A levy was placed on foreign Madeira wine and colonial exports of iron, lumber and other goods had to pass first through Britain and British customs. The Sugar Act caused widespread protest. -
The Currency Act
This act prohibited American colonies from issuing their own currency, angering many American colonists.They didn't have enough currency to live off of. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. Great Britain was faced with a massive national debt following the French and Indian War. This angered the colonists. Starting riots and boycotts on british goods. Created groups like the Sons of Liberty. Came together in unity. -
The Quartering Act
Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons. The New York assembly argued that it could not be forced to obey. It gave the power to the british army to take what they needed and wanted. -
The Stamp Act Congress
Representatives from nine of the thirteen colonies declare the Stamp Act unconstitutional as it was a tax levied without their consent. It was the first time the British government by in a civil manor. They said they had the same rights as the kingdom of Great Britain. They said the taxes should be changed and new ones should be set under the colonists consent. -
The Declaratory Act
Parliament finalises the repeal of the Stamp Act, but declares that it has the right to tax colonies. This made the colonists mad because they thought they were done with the taxing but turns out they are back with it. The thing is colonists didn't even pay attention to it. They were just so exicted over the stamp act that they didn't even read what the declaratory act was saying. -
The Townshend Reveune Act
Duties on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint to help pay for the administration of the colonies, named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Dickinson publishes Letter from a Philadelphian Farmer in protest. Colonial assemblies condemn taxation without representation. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
It was an agreement saying that we weren't going to import anything from Boston if they were going to highly tax them for the goods. I don't see that as a good idea because what if we need supplies that we can't get? -
The Boston Massacre
Angered by the presence of troops and Britain's colonial policy, a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house; a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians. -
The Gaspee Affair
Some colonists burnt down a ship that was grounded. It was a British ship. The captain of the ship took colonists to court. The court didn't punish the colonists instead they brought the captain to court for falsely taking resources from ships. -
The Tea Act
Boston started bringing over a lot of tea. It was shipped to the colonies. When the ships got to the habor they just left it there. Not doing anything with it. No one was allowed to unload it or anything. The colonists decided to throw it all overboard. Also known as the boston tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
It was an orginization of the colonists in effect to the tea act. They went aboard the ship with the tea in it and dumped it into the sea. They were angry because of Britain taxing it. They were mad that they just left the cargo in the ship were it was to no use. They decided to do the Boston Tea Party to get back at Britain. -
Intolerable Acts
British Government decided to bring in greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. This eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party. In result Britain passed several punative acts aimed at bringing the colonies back into submission of the King. -
The First Continental Congress
Colonial delegates meet to settle differences to the Intolerable Acts. Committees of Correspondence are set up throughout the colonies to coordinate American response to British colonial policy. This represents an important move toward cooperation, mutual action, and the development of a national identity among Americans. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the Revolutionary War was between British troops and the Minutemen, who had been warned of the attack by Paul Revere. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were considered a major military win and showed the British and King George III that unfair behavior would not be permitted in America. The battles also constituted the first military conflicts of the American Revolution.
