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French and Indian War
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a decree by King George III which prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. In addition, all settlers living west of the Appalachians had to move back east. This angered the colonists, many of whom had substantial land holdings in the newly banned territory. -
The Stamp Acts was enacted by British Parliament
The Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament and dictated that colonists must by stamps for all paper goods in the colony.It was seen as a tax and began the taxation without representation talk. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a law passed by British Parliament which forced colonists to provide housing and other resources to British troops -
Townshend Acts
The Tonwnshend acts, named after Charles Townshend, placed a tax on soveral goods such as tea, glass, paper, paint and lead. It ultimately leads to the Boston Masssacre. -
Boston Massacre
A bloddy conflict between colonial protesters and British troops. British troops fired on a crowd of protesters killing 5 colonists. John Adams was the lawyer for the British troops in court. -
Tea Act
The British Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts. However, they kept the tax on tea. The Tea Acts also created a monoply for the British East India Company -
Boston Tea Paty
The colonists protested the Tea Act. Therefore, they dressed up as Indians and dumped 90,000 lbs of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
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Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Act, also known as the Intolerable Acts, was a set of laws which constituted Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party. They shut down Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the Tea Party damages. They also dissolved the Massachusetts legislature. -
First Continental Congress Convenes
The First Continental Congress was a response to the Intolerable Acts. The Congress submitted a petition for Britain to repeal the Intolerable Acts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military confrontation of the Revolution. British troops moved to sieze a weapons cache Concord. Paul Revere and William Dawes bacame aware of the plan and spread the word to the colonists. The colonists met the British at Lexington and Concord where they exchanged gunfire. The incident came to be known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World." -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was convened, in large part to respond to the Battles at Lexington and Concord. The Congress decided to send an Olive Branch Petition to England, which was officially denied by King George III. -
5th Virginia Convention becomes the first colony to unanimously vote for Independence
The 5th Virginia Convention became the first state convention to vote to declare independence. Representative Richard Henry Lee would be the one who made the motion for the Continental Congress to formally declare its independence from Britain. -
Declaration of Independence is approved
