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French and Indian war
Also known as the 7 years war. This war involved the British against the French and Indians. Fighting took place primarily along the frontiers between New France and the British colonies, from Virginia in the south to Newfoundland in the north. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III claims the French territory in America after the French and Indian war, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar act
The British Government put a tax on all sugar items. The colonists were not happy with this, because they had no say in the government and they felt they shouldn’t be taxed. The British was trying to raise money by taxing the colonists. -
Quartering act
Parliament passed an act that forced the colonists to give British soldiers housing and food on order, no matter the circumstances. This created tension between the colonists and the Parliament. -
Boston Massacre
Also known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Tea act
The British put a tax on all tea shipped to the colonies. This made the Colonists mad and would later lead to The British Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
After the British put a tax on tea, the Colonists decided to get revenge. When a ship filled with tea arrived in Boston one night, the Colonists threw £9,000 of tea into the water. -
Intolerable acts
The Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for throwing a large tea shipment worth £9,000 into Boston Harbor in reaction to being taxed by the British. -
Lexington/Concord
This was the first military engagement between the British and the Patriots, mainly fought in Lexington and Concord. The patriots fought well and forced the British to march back to Boston under heavy fire in a tactical withdrawal and eventually reached the safety of Charlestown.