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Tenant Uprising
Tenants living in Now York City along the Hudson stopped paying rent and started taking land. -
Writs of Assistance
English officials used this to restrict colonial foreign trade. It allowed customs officers to search any ship, home or warehouse for smuggled goods. -
Proclamation of 1763
To avoid further Indian trouble it ordered all settlers to in Ohio Valley to move back east, forbade settlement west of Appalachians, and traders couldn’t enter that region without government approval. -
Taxation After French and Indian War
After the French and Indian War the British started taxing the colonies to help pay their debts. -
Sugar Act
Issued by British Prime Minister. It raised taxes on sugar and other goods imported from any place other than Britain or its colonies. The duty on molasses was lowered to discourage smuggling and more products were added to the list of items that could only be sold to England. -
Quartering Act
Colonial legislatures were required to provide funds, housing, and supplies to keep the British troops in America. -
Stamp Act
Passed by Parliament. A tax was placed on all printed materials. Stamps had to be purchased from the government to be placed on printed items. -
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English Clothing Boycott
Colonists started to spin their own clothing at home instead of relying on British goods. -
Townshend Act
Duties were placed on colonial imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The revenue was used as salaries for government officials. The writs of assistance could again be used to enforce navigation acts(which allowed England to control colonial trade. -
Boston Massacre
Bostonian threw snowballs at British troops while insulting them. The British reacted by firing into the crowd. -
The Gaspee Incident
SourceThe Gaspee, a British Royal Navy Ship, was chasing a merchant ship that it thought was smuggling goods. The next night a group of men got on, led by John Brown, and wounded the lieutenant commanding the ship and set the ship of fire. -
Tea Act
British East India Company was doing bad financial due to the colonial boycott on English tea. To save the company the Tea Act was passed. The company could ship the tea to America without paying a heavy duty in England. The company could then undersell colonial importers of English tea and smugglers of foreign tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Bostonians disguised as Indians, went on ships, and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Boston port was closed until they were reimbursed for the destroyed teaPeople in Massachusetts could no longer elect officials and hold town meetings.British commander in Chief in America was military governor of MABritish officials accused of crimes in MA were tried in England.People in all colonies had to house and feed British soldiers -
The First Continental Congress
Delegates from all the colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia. They made many documents stating the rights that they should have and saying how unjust the British laws were. -
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First Shot Is Fired
British military governor Thomas Gage was planing to sent troops to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. Some colonists learned of his plan. Paul Revere rode through the night to warn the countryside of the British coming. The next day the British troops arrived in Lexington(and were met by the local Minutemen) where the first shots were fired.
