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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was the North American theater of the worldwide seven year's war. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France , with both sides supported by military. The war was primarily along the frontiers between New France and the British colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
In 1763 at ethe end of French of Indian war, British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands ... After the conclusion of the French and Indian war in America, the British empire began to tighten. -
Intolerable Acts
1777 coercive intolerance acts and the cry of "no taxation without representation.. Four of the tolerance acts were specifically aimed at punishing the Massachusetts colonies for the actions take in the incident known as the Boston Tea party. -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed the sugar act on April 5, 1764 , the proper name of the sugar act is the American revenue act of 1764. The sugar act was an extension of the molasses act 1733 which was the set to expire in 1763. -
Stamp act
An act of the British parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the Acts repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British crown. -
Townshend Act
A series of measures introduced into the English parliament by chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767 , the Townshend acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints , paper and tea imported into the colonies ... In 1770 , parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except tax on tea. -
Boston massacre
The Boston massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5 ,1770 between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs , stones and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea Act
Tea act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a "powder keg" of opposition and resentment among American colonies and was the catalyst of the Boston tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party initially referred to by John Adams as the "construction of the tea in Boston " was a political protest by the sons of liberty in Boston , on December 16,1773. The demonstrations , some disgusting as American Indians destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by Indian company. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence Is the statement adopted by the continental congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4 , 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states.
