French_And_Indian_War

French And Indian War French and Indian War 1754-1763 This was a war between the French and the British. They were fighting over land in western Pennsylvania and in Ohio. After the war Britain had a huge war dept that they wanted the colonist to pay for increasing their taxes. King George III George the III became king in 1760. He raised the taxes on tea, sugar, glass, and all paper products He passed acts such as the stamp act and the intolerable acts The Stamp Act of 1765 This was the 1st direct tax on the colonist. This act required the Colonies to pay taxes on all paper products: Legal documents, Pamphlets, newspapers, and even playing cards Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773. This was when a group of Colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped 342 chests of British Tea Into the Boston harbor, this was a protest against further taxes against the colonist Intolerable Acts 1773 This act was passed by the parliament as a punishment towards the colonists For the damage they caused at the Boston tea party. The Boston Harbor was Shut down and Massachusetts lost its right to govern itself. This was also Known as the Coercive Act First Continental Congress 1774 In September of 1774 all of the colonies french, indian, war, states, government, george, congress, wanted, tea, taxes, boston, act, 1787, washington, state, rights, new, meeting, colonies, two, plan, pay, party, parts, national, legislature, lead, king, independence, first, each, count, colonist, caused, britain, bill, based, agreed