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Seven Years' War Ends
End of the 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 began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
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Colonial Resistance
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Proclamation of 1763
In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. In the centuries of the proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada. -
Sugar and Molasses Act
on April 5, 1764, Parliament a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act. Whilst under the acts, merchants were recquired to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
George Grenville
His policy of taxing the American colonies was started by his Revenue Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765. Which eventually started the American Revolution. -
Committees of Correspondence
Boston formed the earliest committee of Correspondence to encourage opposition. -
Quatering Act
Parliament passed the quatering act to address the practical concerns of such a troop development. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece printed paper they used. Ship’s papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
On May 30, 1765, The House of Burgessses had a relaxed rule which allowed a quorum to be added in if 24 percent of the voters said yes. The first four resolutions of The Virginia Stamp act Resolution were easily passed, the fifth took hours of heated disscussion. -
Stamp Act Congress
The colonists were crying out to congress for them to abolish the Stamp and sugar taxes, Since one colony cant do it by itself, Georgia, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia all attended the meeting. -
Sons of Liberty
Was created durign the Stamp Act and were also opposed to the Townshend, and Tea Acts. Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and John Hancock were all apart of the group. -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British that accompanied the repeal of the stamp act, stated that the British parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britian. -
Parliament repeals the Stamp Act
After four months of protests the Stamp act was passed on March 1765, but was short lived until when Parliament voted to Repeal the tamp Act in March 1766. -
Townshend Duties
Townshend imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. -
Lord North
Lord North took the role as prime minister fo Great Britian in January 31,1770. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre was the killing of five unarmed colonists by British Red Coats. -
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The Quiet Period
refers to teh calm years between Britain's repeal of most of the Townshend duties and the Boston tea party. -
Tea Act
The Act was not intended to raise revenue in teh American colonies, it even imposed no taxes -
Boycotts during the Colonial Resistance
The Boston Tea Party was one of the boycotts. -
The Boston Tea Party
The arrival of three tea ships angered the colonists. The colonist made a rash dicision to dress up like indians and throw the tea into the harbor -
Boston Port act
The Boston Port Act was the first and easiest to enforce of four acts that together were known as the Coercive Acts. The other three were a new Quartering Act, the Administration of Justice Act and the Massachusetts Government Act. -
Intolerable Acts
Parliament was fed up with the colonists and their actions. So the British came up with some acts that were non-tolerable acts -
Administration of Justice Act
one of five laws enacted by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea party -
Massachusetts Government Act
An act for better regulating the government of the provine of the Massachusett's Bay in New England -
Continental Congress
Carpenter's hall was the first place for the Continental Congress to ever meet in. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle fought that night lead to the American Revolutionary War