The French and Indian War
French and Native Americans Vs. Britain and Colonists--They fought over Ohio Valley Teratory
The French and Indian War Outcome
Britain Won-- Britain won Canada and the Ohio Valley-- Britain also gained huge debts from the war
Proclamation of 1763
Britain passed a law giving the Natives the Ohio Valley land-- Colonists could not go to the land thay fought for-- The Colonists were Mad
Quartering Act
colonists-- They were forced to provide housing, food, and transpertation for the soilders-- the soilders didn't protect the colonists they made sure nobody went to the Ohio Valley-- This made the colonists mad
Parliament
ParliamentThe lawmaking part of the British government, similar to the Congress in the U.S-- The American Colonists did not have the right to elect representitives to Parliament
Stamp Act
Stamp ActParliament put a tax on printed paper including birth certificates, wills, and marriage license-- The British government finally repealed the law after colonists protested-- This made the colonists mad
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre
Vicious killing of LARGE numbers of peopleMassacre
Massacre
exaggeration to cause people to be persuaded to a certain way of thinking-- Such as the Bloody MassacrePropaganda
Propaganda
Britain passed the law to force colonists to only buy tea from the British East Indian Company-- This made the colonists madThe Tea Act
only buy tea from the British East Indian Company-- This made the colonists mad
As a protest to the tea Act, a group dressed up as Native Americans, climbed aboard the tea ships in Boston Hrabor, and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the water-- This made the king furiousThe Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea PartyAs a protest to the tea Act, a group dressed up as Native Americans, climbed aboard the tea ships in Boston Hrabor, and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the water-- This made the king furious
To punish the colonists for the Boston tea party parliament passed some new laws that were very harsh-- the worst was the Boston Port Act-- This closed all the loading docks and didn't let any cargo come in to Boston including new clothing and food-- This
As a protest to the tea Act, a group dressed up as Native Americans, climbed aboard the tea ships in Boston Hrabor, and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the water-- This made the king furious
12 colonies met in Phili. to discuss their problems with Britain-- This meeting helped unite the colonies against Britain and they decieded to fight these ActsFirst Continential Congress
First Continential Congress