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End of the French and Indian War
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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris of 1763, ended the French and Indian war/seven years war between Great Britain and France as well as their respective allies. -
The Proclamation of 1763
October 7, 1763, was a British produced boundary marked in the Appalachian mountains at the eastern continental divide the proclamation line was prohibited anglo American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War -
The Sugar Act
April 5th, 1764, in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian -
Currency Act
September 1st, 1764, the Parliament passed the currency act, effectively assuming control of the colonial currency system the act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. The Quartering Act of 1765- required colonial assemblies to house and supply British soldiers. -
Stamp Act
October 7,1765- October 25, 1765 It helped pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven years war the act required the colonies to pay a tex, represent by a stamp. -
Townshend Acts
November 20, 1767 it stated that British Parliament had the same authority to tax the American colonies as they did in Great Britain -
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre was a deadly riot on Kings street in Boston began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier but led to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
British Make Peace
The British made peace with the Cherokee Indians and signed a peace treaty at present day Kingsport, TN. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party gave the colonists the motivation to stand up for their rights and to ultimately risk their lives by going to war for their independence. -
The Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Massachusetts Government Act
The Massachusetts Government Act was passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, receiving royal assent on 20 May 1774. The act effectively abrogated the Massachusetts Charter of 1691 of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and gave its royally-appointed governor wide-ranging powers -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall in September 1774 to draw up a Declaration of Rights and Grievances as an appeal to King George III. I believe this could have influenced our Declaration. -
British attack on coastal towns
the British naval bombardments and burning of the coastal towns of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Norfolk, Virginia helped to unify the colonies. In Falmouth, where townspeople had to grab their possessions and flee for their lives, northerners had to face up to “the fear that the British would do whatever they wanted to them,” -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
Battle of Quebec
Fought on December 31st, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec city early in the American Revolutionary war it was a major battle defeat of the war for the Americans. -
Signing of The Declaration of Independence
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on July 4, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.