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French and Indian War
It was a North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France.It did not begin well for the British and it was known as the Seven Years' War. It ended with the Treaty of Paris. The war did not begin well for the British. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7th, (you guessed it) 1763. It followed Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War -
Sugar Act
the sugar act was also known as the Plantation Act or Revenue Act. British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. -
Stamp Act of 1765
British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice -
1st Congressional Congress
the 1st congressional congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 out of 13 of the British colonies that became the US -
Townshend Acts
it was a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a riot that happened on King street in Boston. It started with a brawl and escalated quickly -
Tea Act
In and effort to save the troubled enterprise Britain granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without landing it in England first. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists who were angry with Britain for imposing taxation without representation, dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Intolerable Acts
they were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament