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Signing Of Treaty Of Paris
Great Britain signed the treaty and recognized the colonies as free and independent. -
Proclamation Of 1763
King George III passed the proclamation of 1763 to ban settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Britain kept a British army in the colonies to protect them from the Natives, so they taxed the colonists to pay for it. -
Stamp Act
Required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal when they bought paper items. -
Quarterning Act
Required colonists to house British soldiers. -
Townshend Act
Duties were placed on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
British Troops Arrive in Boston
They tried harder to arrest smugglers, and colonists -
Boston Massacre
A British soldier shot into a crowd. -
Tea Act
British East India Tea sold their tea directly to the colonists for a cheaper. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists protest the Tea Act by dressing up as Indians and dumping the tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The British prime minister was mad that the colonists dumped tea in the harbor, so he passed 6 laws that he hoped would bring back order in the colonies. -
Continental Congress
This was a gathering of deeply troubled colonial leaders about the relationship between Great Britain and the 13 colonies. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Patriots proved that they could fight the British even though they lost. -
George Washington is appoint Commander-in-Chief
He was selected by the second Continental Congress to command the army. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
It Was a battle between Lexington and Concord
