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The Proclamation of 1763
a law that forbade the colonist to settle west of the Appalachian mountains, it was issued so that no conflict and war between the natives and the British would happen -
The French and Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar act was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and to give customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source. -
The Boston Massacre
When British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonist killing five men -
Boston Blockade
British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city's residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth of tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party -
The Boston Tea Party
This event was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffins Wharf in Boston Massachusetts. American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britains For imposing taxation without representation, So they dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India company into the harbor. This was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonist. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts consisted of a number of measures meant to punish the port of Boston and the people of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea party. There were 4 acts The Boston port act, The administration of justice act, the intolerable act, and the Quartering act -
Continental Congress
the Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States. The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. In 1775, the Second Continental Congress convened after the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) had already begun. -
The Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government.
