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- French and Indian War 1754-1763
- Sugar Act 1764
- X Sugar!!
- X sugar
- Stamp Act 1765
- Stamp act
- STAMP
- The French and Indian War was a conflict that took place between Great Britain and France. It was part of a larger conflict known as the Seven Years’ War. British colonists fought on the side of Great Britain, and Native Americans fought alongside the French, which is how the war got its name.
- Tea act 1773
- soon it will stop.
- We have a plan
- The Sugar Act, modified version of the Molasses Act. The Sugar Act reduced the rate of taxation on molasses, a move that should have pleased the colonists, but it also increased taxation on other goods. In particular, the Sugar Act taxed sugar, coffee, wine, and some textiles. It also regulated the trade of lumber and some metals. The Sugar Act affected where and how the colonists traded goods.
- Boston Tea Party 1773
- In colonial America, paper was extremely important. The colonists used paper for a variety of things: receipts to document the sale of goods, books, graduation diplomas, newspapers, playing cards, and many other items.In the 1760s, Britain as a country faced massive debt. The Parliament looked to taxation of the colonies as a way to fix that debt. Passed in 1765, the Stamp Act required any paper used in the colonies to come directly from England and carry a official embossed seal from the British government.
- First Continental Congress1774
- These acts put a tax on many popular imports to America, such as glass, The colonists resisted. They felt they should not pay taxes to a distant government in which they had no representation. In 1770, they forced the British government to repeal the Townshend Acts. All that remained was the tax on tea. Rather than pay any tax to Great Britain, many colonists bought tea smuggled in from other countries.
- When three ships arrived in Boston Harbor carrying this inexpensive tea, the colonists refused to let the British sailors unload their cargo. American colonists demanded that the ships return to Britain. However, the British were determined to unload the tea.
- tea
- The First Continental Congress, held in Philadelphia in the Fall of 1774, was a meeting of political leaders in the colonies. It was held in response to the colonists anger at British policies, especially the Intolerable Acts. Representatives from all 13 colonies except Georgia attended the First Continental Congress.
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