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Stamp Act
There is a tax imposed on objects through the system of stamp requirement. -
Colonists harass stamp distributors and boycott English goods.
The colonists prepare Declaration of Rights and Grievances. -
Townshend Acts (British)
British taxes colonial imports and stations troops at major colonia sports to protect customs officers. -
Townshend Act (Colonists)
Colonists protest "taxation without representation" and organize a new boycott of imported goods. -
Boston Massacre (British)
Troops stationed in Boston are tinted by an angry mob. The troops fire into the crowd killing five colonists. -
Boston Massacre (Colonists)
Agitators label the conflict as a massacre and publish dramatic engraving depicting the violence -
Tea Act (British)
Britain gives the East India Company special concessions in the colonial tea business and shuts out colonial tea merchants. -
Tea Act (Colonists)
Colonists in Boston rebel, dumping 18,000 pounds of East India Company tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts (British)
King George II tightens control over Massachusetts by closing Boston Harbor and quartering troops. -
Intolerable Acts (Colonists)
Leaders form the First Continental Congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights. -
Lexington and Concord (Colonial)
Minutemen intercept the British and engage in battle- first at Lexington, and then at Concord. -
Lexington and Concord (British)
General Gage orders troops to march to Concord, Massachusetts, and seize colonial weapons.
