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The first Treaty of Paris
It ended the French and Indian War and that indicates France gave up all their territories in North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies in the United States of America. -
Proclamation of 1763
After Britain granted a great deal of valuable North American land from the victory of the French and Indian War, King George III prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountain range intended to prevent further conflicts between settlers and Native Americans. However, although this is true, his main goal was actually to diverge the people who had helped or opposed him during the "Seven Years War." -
Sugar Act
The first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament was the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act's main purpose was to lower the tax on molasses so that less people would smuggle it from Spanish colonies. -
Currency Act
Parliament passed the Currency Act and made it illegal for colonies to produce paper money. They required colonists to pay British merchants in gold or silver so that the British can pay less for military expenses during the French and Indian Wars. -
The Sons of Liberty created
The Sons of Liberty was an underground organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was extremely crucial to the colonists and was founded in Boston by Samuel Adams and John Hancock which were also people who played a really big role in the American Revolutionary War. The main goal for the Sons of Liberty was to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
The Stamp Act
The new tax passed by the British Parliament was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used which was a prodigious amount of money back then. The Stamp Act was a major cause of why the American Revolutionary War occurred as colonies protested that the British were taxing them without representation. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forced American colonies to house British soldiers in their house which also annoyed the colonists as they had less privacy but more importantly, they had to feed another person which means that the colonists will have no other choice than to spend more money on grocery. -
Patrick Henry elected as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Patrick Henry is a prominent person in the American Revolution as the speech “ Give me liberty or give me death!” is a warning to everyone that war is coming which he predicted is correct as the American Revolutionary War occurred very soon after his famous speech. -
The Stamp Act Congress
27 delegates from 9 of the American colonies met in New York City for a meeting as part of the Stamp Act Congress to discuss resolutions for the King of England so that they can treat the colonies fairly. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act asserted that the British government had total legislative power over the American colonies and were in complete authority to make binding laws. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts imposed duties on lead, paper, tea and glass imported into the colonies. The Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power which resulted the Boston Massacre later. -
The Boston Massacre
This incident was a street fight where 5 American colonists got killed as they were protesting about the taxes on the American colonies which included tea, glass, paper and etc... -
The Gaspee Affair
The Gaspee Affair is definitely another very important event that lead to the American Revolution. This incident also led to the Battles of Concord and Lexington as Rhode Islanders burned a British Royal Navy ship which made the British exceedingly frustrated. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a group of colonists that attacked merchant ships in Boston Harbor throwing 342 chests of tea that belonged to the British East India Company. -
The Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was to punish what the colonists did by shutting down Boston Harbor which is a place where a lot of people depend for their lives as the residents must pay back nearly a million worth of money in ( today’s society ) for dumping all those tea until the Boston Harbor reopens. -
Coercive Acts
Coercive Acts also called the Intolerable Acts were used to describe a series of laws which four of the acts were issued by the British Parliament in direct response to the Boston Tea Party where the British took it extremely seriously. The 5 Coercive Acts were the Boston Port Act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act of 1774 and the Quebec Act. -
Quebec Act
Quebec Act another Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament focused on reforming 3 areas of Canadian governance. They are religion, territorial claims and the power structure of the government. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from all colonies except Georgia in Philadelphia. Americans were fed up so they tried to boycott all contact with British goods, hoping that Britain would repeal its Intolerable Acts that never happened. As a result, the second continental congress also occurred and of course the " American Revolutionary War later on!" -
Thomas Paine moves to America
Thomas Paine another prominent figure proposed the idea of America being independent and not a colony of Great Britain anymore.
