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The French & Indian War
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French & Indian War
The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French and Indian War, which is the name given to the American theater of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War. The conflict was played out in Europe, India, and North America. In Europe, Sweden , Austria, and France were allied to crush the rising power of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America. -
Proclamation of 1763
Royal Proclamation of 1763- Established by British govt. in London- Prohibited settlement beyond Appalachian Mountains- Not meant to “oppress” colonists but rather to work out the problems with Natives in the area and also to prevent another Pontiac-like uprising- Americans were still angered by this legislation - Colonists didn’t abide by Proclamation . Many still headed west, in defiance of the Proclamation. -
Sugar Act
- Sugar Act, reduced tax on gallon of molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence, but added more foreign goods (sugar, coffee, printed fabric) ®ulated Colonies' export of lumber and iron- First Lord of Treasury ensured merchants paid tax by increasing British naval presence along American coast- Enforced tax on molasses caused decline in manufacture of rum, disrupted trade with many the Colonies' economic partners- Major reason for the Stamp Act revolt
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The British Impose taxes on the Colonists.
The British imposed taxes on the colonists without their vote to pay for the French & Indian War. The colonists disagreed with this greatly. -
The British imposed the Stamp act on the colonists.
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 of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the American Colonies by the British. It required printed material in the colonies to be on stamped paper from London. These were things like newspapers, magazines, legal documents, and more. The direct tax had to be paid in British currency, and not colonial paper money. -
Quatering Act
British policy enforced onto American colonies- Allowed British troops to take shelter and supplies from the colonists -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was a declaration by the British Parliament in 1766 which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765. The government repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face. The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to make binding laws on the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, called the Boston Riot by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British redcoats killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts / Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. -
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
This is the first battle of the American Revolution. 4,000 colonists attacked British troops traveling from Boston to Concord and then back to Boston. The British suffered 273 casualties and the Americans lost 90. The colonists were now engaged in war. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other.
