Timeline, Part 2 (An Absolute Turn for the Worst)

Les Lois Tyranniques
While the French Empire may have been soaring high due to their claims. Their North American colonies could not say the same. In order to pay for continued colonization of the world, and to prevent their North American colonies from selling to other nations, the French enacted what would be known as the "Les Lois Tyranniques." These laws created by the newly crowned Louis XVI were meant to pay for continued expansion across the world. Such law was known as the Fur Tax. A large hefty tax was placed on those whole sold furs. Fur was the largest export from New France, along with the various cash crops that began populating their southern lands in Louisiana.

These laws were claimed by many to be unjust and unfair, and many did not understand why they had to pay taxes for wars and expeditions miles away. These laws began to spread to many of the other colonies in the Americas as well. The rising tensions in the Americas would continue to increase as these laws became harsher and harsher and many more were created.



==1770s==

===Rise of the Federation===

With many colonies of North America feeling the weight of tax laws and intrusive laws beginning to put large amounts of pressure on them, the tension between colonists and their governing nations increased.

===The New Union===

===Rise of the Southern Commonwealth===