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French and Indian War
A war between the colonies of British America and New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. Started in 1754, and ended by the Treaty of Paris -
Proclomation of 1763
Issued by King George III after Britain's acquisition of the French Territory in North America. It was a line drawn down the Appalachian Mountain range forbidding the colonists to settle anywhere west of this line. It was given as an Indian Reservation between British Territory and Spanish. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp Act 1765
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
The Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty (colonists) in Boston. They dressed up as Native Americans and stormed ships to dump off barrels of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. 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. -
Boston Blockade
The Boston Port Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law on March 31, 1774, and took effect on June 1, 1774. It was one of five measures that were enacted during the spring of 1774 to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from a number of British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution, who acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America. -
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. -
The Boston Massacre
A confrontation between the British soldiers and American colonists. The British shot and killed multiple colonists after being harassed by a mob. This event was heavily publicized by the colonists.
