American Revolution

Navigation Act

Jul 27, 1663

The navigation acts were made by England to control the trade between them and Britain. The colonists had to get their stuff from England and they have to use england as a middle man to trade their own goods.

Writs of Assistance

1761

This made it to where any officer or above could search any citizen or their home for smuggled goods. This was an invasion of privacy to certain colonists that didnt want people snooping through their stuff.

Treaty of Paris of 1763

Feb 10, 1763

The treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the war between the British and French for the Ohio River valley.The treaty made the french have no pwer or land in america and expanded british land

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

The proclamation act was made to prevent the fighting between the natives and the colonies. The act made it so that NO ENGLISH settlers may settle past the Appalachian mountains.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

The sugar act made sugar cost less for the colonies. This was done so that the colonieeists will buy more sugar

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

This act made it so that all paper products had to be sold with a stamp that was taxed. This caused that the merchants buying the paper fresh of the boat have to pay the tax but so do the customers buying the goods from the merchants

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

This made it so any British soldier could be housed in any person house if they wanted to. This meant that you were forced to keep a British soldier in your home if they wanted to stay in your home.

Stamp Act Congress

Oct 7, 1765

The first gathering of elected representatives from the 13 colonies.
This Congress was held to decide on what to do about the stamp act.

Declaratory Act

1766

This act repealed all taxes except the one on tea. This act also said that King George is still the ruler of the 13 colonies whether you like it or not.

Townshend Acts

1767

This act put a tax on paper, glass, Tea, lead, and paint. Many colonist saw this as an abuse of power by the king just to get more cash out of them.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

This event was when Some British soldiers were activated and shot on a group of people and killed 5 people. The colonists decided to use this as propaganda against the british to say this was all planned

Tea act

May 10, 1773

This act made it to where the East India Company a monopoly on Tea. Many merchants in America hate this new act since they can't make money off of Tea.

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

This was an act of rebellion on the tea act. What the colonists did was sneak onto british trade boats and throw thousandds of chests of tea into the bay.

Coercive acts

1774

These acts were done as a way to punish massachussetes for the boston tea party. One of the things this act did was close of boston harbor which was bostons main income.

first continental congess

Oct 26, 1774

This was the first meeting of elected delegates from different colonies to make a united decision on what they were going to do. What they were decide=ing on was what to do about Britain and its tyranny.

Second continental congress

1775

This was the second of elected delegates joining together to make a united choice. They were deciding on what to do about the revolutionary war but before they did anything they sent one more peace treaty to the king but the king refused so it was war,

Battles of Lexington and concord.

Apr 19, 1775

These battles were done when the British troops from Boston came down to stop the rebellion attempts. After the British swept the floor with Lexington after the shot heard around the world and then at Concord, they got ambushed on their way back to Boston and many died on the British side.

Battle of Bunker Hill

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This battle was fought at a hill near Bunker hill but not at Bunker Hill