• Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts

    These are a set of laws that were passed by the English Parliament to require the colonists to sell all raw materials to England. Even though colonists could possibly find better elsewhere in Europe.
  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act

    Parliament placed a tax on all sugar products. Sugar, Molasses, and Rum.
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    The British began building a fort in what is now western Pennsylvania, but it got seized by the French.
    George Washington then set up Fort Necessity.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    A war that was started because of land. The British gained interest in the Ohio River Valley but the french viewed the land as their own
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act

    The sugar act lowered the tax on molasses. It was meant to encourage people to buy molasses and also to encourage people to stop smuggling.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    In March of 1765 the English parliament passed a law taxing any printed item. Like Newspaper, wills,playing card, and documents
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    On March 5th 1770, a fight broke out between Bostonians and British soldiers. The soldiers shot and when the smoke cleared 5 lay dead and 3 were injured including an 11 year old boy Christopher Seider.
  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act

    It made Red coats be able to live in unoccupied buildings. But it also made them be able to live in colonists houses