1. French and Indian War

2. Treaty of Paris 1763 End of the French and Indian War
French expelled from Canada
Mississippi becomes the border between France and America Britain
British to the east French to the west
Treaty of Paris 1763

3. Government Acts
On the Colonists

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What is an Act?

5. 1. Only British Ships could transport goods from the colonies
2.Only British Citizens could trade with the Colonist
3. No good manufactured in other countries were allowed in England.
4. Products could only be shipped to England
Navigation Acts

6. Colonist were required to pay a tax on foreign molasses.
This made sugar cheaper to buy from England than the East Indies.
Sugar Act 1764

7. Colonist were required to let British Military soldiers sleep in their homes.
Most of the troops where located in the cities.
Quartering Act of 1765

8. All documents would be required to have a specific stamp.
Documents included:
Legal documents, magazines, newspapers, Prints.
Had to be paid in British Currency
Stamp Act of 1765

9. Townshed Act 1767 Names or Charles Townshed and Englishmen.
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and Tea
Products used in housing
Townshed Act 1767

10. Objective to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the British East India Company
Colonist were only allowed to purchase tea from the British.
Lead to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act of 1773

11. Intolerable acts of 1774 Issued after the Boston Tea Party
Port of Boston was closed
All position in the colonial government were appointed by the Governor or King
Trials could be moved to other colonies or England
Create more effective method of housing British Troops
Intolerable acts of 1774

12. Declaration of Independence 1776
Benjamin Franklin declarers “Join or Die”
American Colonist send a Declaration to the King and the rest of the world.
American wants to be an Independent country
Declaration of Independence 1776