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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754-1763) was a war over land. On one side was the French and the Natives, and on the other was the British and the Colonists. Eventually the British won and gained control over Canada and Florida. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 forbade settlers from settling down to the east of the Appalachian Mountains. This was done to reserve that land for the Natives. However, some settlers did not obey the rule. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a modified version of the previously passed Molasses Act. The Sugar Act taxed molasses by three pence per gallon. Britain also took measures to ensure that the colonists were paying the tax. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required all colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper that was used by them. These taxes were not that big. The only reason the colonists did not like the Stamp Act was that it was for raising money. Previous taxes had not been like that. The colonists thought that harsher taxes would come if they did not resist the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766 because of protests. -
The Quartering Act
There are two Quartering Acts. The first one was the Quartering Act of 1765. The second one was the Quartering Act of 1774. The Quartering Act of 1774 was also part of the Intolerable Acts. Both of the Quartering Acts ordered colonists to support British troops in their homes by giving them food, shelter, and other things. The colonists did not like this because they thought that it violated the Bill of Rights of 1689. -
The Boston Massacre
In the Boston Massacre, some colonists were rioting against British troops. They threw things at them like stones and sticks. They then attacked the soldiers and the soldiers fired on the colonists, killing three immediately and injuring eight others, of which two died later. The colonists were rioting because of the presence of British troops in the city of Boston. -
The Battle of Alamance
The Battle of Alamance was the last battle of the War of the Regulation. The War of the Regulation was a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over taxation and local control issues. This battle was a battle between the Regulators and certain local officials of North Carolina. The Regulators were the rebels. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed by the British to help the East India Company, which was losing money and had a lot of unsold tea. The Tea Act let the East India Company ship its tea directly to the Colonies and to sell that tea in the colonies. This imposed no new tax to the colonies but would have made local merchants lose a lot of money. Colonists also thought that the Tea Act was to increase support for the current taxes. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when some colonists from Boston dressed up as Native Americans and raided three ships containing tea from the East Indian Company. They then threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a set of five acts that were passed by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party. The five acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, the Quartering Act of 1774, and the Quebec Act. The effects of these acts were that the Boston ports were closed, British troops didn't have to worry about punishments for crimes, and parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Virginia have become parts of Canada. -
Fighting at Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord are what kicked off the American Revolution. The British planned to attack Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock and to attack Concord to seize gunpowder from the colonists. They planned to do this late in the night, but spies leaked their plan to the Americans. Horseback riders, like Paul Revere, took that information to Lexington and Concord. The Americans caused the British to retreat from Concord.
