Archive for month: April, 2025

In 1773, a new Tea Act was passed imposing a tax on import of tea. It was a symbol...

To help the financial conditions of the ailing East India Company (faced economic collapse after the Seven Years of...

The Rockingham Declaration stated that the British Parliament’s authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted...

The Prime Minister Grenville framed the policies with the following objectives: The aim of the tax was to help...

The Seven Years Wars (1756-63) were the series of wars going on between Great Britain and its allies against...

The British colonies sprang up on the Eastern part of the present day USA. They were promoted by chartered...

EUROPE IN 16th AND 17th CENTURY In the 16th century, people earned more money from selling wool than from...

BASICS:  BACKGROUND Before 1492, the entire focus of history was limited to the ‘Old World’ .The quest for colonies...

INTRODUCTION The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) resulted from a conflict between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies...