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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war of the French and Indians verses the Colonists and British. It was a fight that lasted from 1754 to 1763. They fought for land where the colonist live. -
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Events Leading to The American Revolution
The time before the American Revolution were the actual cause of the colonists to split. From the Proclomation of 1763 to the Boston Tea Party, the British had angered the colonists so much the burst and demsnded war! -
Proclomation of 1763
The Proclomation of 1763 was when colonist were told they could not move up west due to the indians living in that area. It was the only way that the colonists could get away from British, but the British told them that to protect them. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was when the British forced the colonist to home and feed British soldiers no matter what. It was one for every two colonists. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was when the Parlament forced colonists to put a stamp on all printed papers and then tax them for it. The paper products included playing cards, newspapers, pamphlets, and marriage licences. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a massacre of British soilders murdured 5 colonists and wounded 6 others. The British used guns and the only defence the colonists had were snowballs and chunks of ice. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when the colonists got inraged by the tax on tea that at night, some 10 colonists dressed like indians and went abourd the ship stocked with tea and dumped 90,000 pounds of loose tea into the ocean by the ship. In result, it inraged the British and King George the III the most. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Acts are when the colonists got there trade marks cut off, lost jobs, and got taxed on everything. In anger, when the tax colecters came to get the taxes, the colonists tared and feathered the tax colecters. -
First Contonental Congress
The First Contonental Congress was when Representitives from 12 colonies to figure out what to do about the problems with the British. One colonie did not come.
