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French and Indian War
In 1753-1763 during the French and Indian war, King George III lost a lot of money due to the expensive cost of the supplies for his army and the colonies. For him to pay off his debts he had to taxed the colonies but they didn't know. This outraged the colonist. Money was a major cause in the American Revolution. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 from King George III that told the colonists they could not settle in any land west of the Appalachian Mountains, and any settlers already there needed to return home. This was done to advoid further conflict between the Indians and colonists. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar at was passed by the Britain Parliament. This act was enabled to make colonist pay duties on sugar and molasses. This was also enable to try to prevent the smuggling of molasses and sugar. All of the colonies were affected by this act. -
The Stamp Act 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. -
The Declaratory Act
In 1766 On the same day that Parliament removed the
Stamp Act it passed a Declaratory Act stating
that it had power to pass any laws governing the
American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. The commander of the watch and his eight soldiers were arrested by the next morning which partly relieved the tensions in the city. -
The Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773 a group of about 70 men boarded on three British ships in the Boston harbor and threw their tea cargo in the sea. The destruction of the tea cargo was a protest against the Tea Act which passed by the British Parliament earlier that year and gave the British East India Company monopoly on tea sale in the colonies. The incident, known as the Boston Tea Party triggered a chain of events that directly led to the American War of Independence. -
The Intolerable Acts
In respone to the BostonTea party the British Parliament passed a series of laws that came to be known as Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts. These closed the Boston harbor for all shipping until the city would pay for the destroyed tea cargo, limited political authority of the colonists, made legal persecution of British officials more difficult and extended the boundaries of the Quebec province to the lands claimed by the American colonists. -
First Continental Congress
In this congress 55 delegates representing 12 of the 13 colonies. Georgia withheld an augred back and forth as to whether or not they should separate from Britain for killing their people, firing canons on their cities, closing down Boston sea port and imposing the Intolerable acts. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the start of the open conflict between 13 colonies and the British
