Stamp Act

What is the Stamp Act? Well, this is one of the many acts or bills that the English Parliament passed to raise money from the taxes that the colonists would pay.It was passed by the British Parliament on March 1765. The Stamp Act has intended to raise money, due to all the spenses from the French and Indian War, on about every printed piece of paper they used that Parliament would tax. Such as legal documents, newspapers, land deeds, even playing cards.  These items had a stamp on the them and each cost would differ. In the past, taxes in the colonies had been to regulate commerce, not to raise money, so this bothered many colonists. Not so long after did these opposing colonists protest against these taxes leading to the American Revolution.

The War that Lasted 7 Years

This war is also known as the French and Indian War.  Though what most don't know that this war wasn't the French fighting the Native Americans. In reality it was a conflict between France and England. The French and Indian War lasted from 1754 to 1763. It was the last war fought between Europeans in North America before the American Revolution. This war marked the end of the French Empire in North America and the beginning of English domination. The outcome of the feud was Britain took over all the French territory with the Treay of Paris in 1763. Britain took control of French lands in Canada, east of the Mississippi Rivers and Spain was given New Orleans.  So now when someone mentions this war between France and England, you're not going to be asking yourself, "What about the Indians?"