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The French and Indian War
The War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America -
The proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was started by the British at the end of the French and Indian war, to make the natives happy by the British putting settlers on there land. -
The sugar act
The sugar act, also called the plantation act or the revenue act. In 1764 the U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch. -
The stamp act
The stamp act was signed to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the 7 years war. -
The stamp act of 1766
Enacted in November 1766, the controversial act forced colonists to buy a British stamp for every official document they obtained. -
Townnshend acts of 1767
The Townshend acts were a series of measures, passed by British parliament in 1767. -
The boston massacre
The Boston massacre was a street fight between a patriot mob and a squad of British solders. They threw snowballs, stones, and sticks. -
The tea act
The tea act was an act of the parliament of great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the larges amounts of tea help by the financially troubled British. -
The Boston tea party
It was a political protest, that occurred on December 16, 1773. Americn colonists were mad at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation." -
Intolerable acts
The intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, After the Boston tea party. The laws meant no punishment for Massachusetts colonists. -
1st continental congress
Each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First continental congress to organize colonial resistance to parliament's coercive acts.