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Treaty of Paris of 1763
when this was sighed it ended the French and Indian war. http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/treaty-of-paris -
Proclamation of 1763
After the French and Indian war, king George III issued the proclamation of 1763. to stop he colonist from going past the Appalachian mountains. The British kept 10,000 troops in America to make sure no one the King's orders. Colonist didn't like it so they began tom loose trust in Great Britain, -
Stamp act
In 1765 parliament passed another law to raise money called the Stamp Act in placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies including-newspaper, pamphlets, wills and even playing cards are printed materials had to have a stamp applied by British official so many items were taxed at in effect in almost every one . -
declaratory Act
When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act it did pass the declaratory act the same day. the new law said Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for ALL British “citizens in all cases” http://www.knowledgetoday.com/2910-how-did-declaratory-act-affect-colonists/ -
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Townshend Acts
Since the colonists could not tolerate being taxed within the colonies parliament passed a set of laws known as the Townshed acts. These new set of taxes were applied to important goods and paid at the port. Taxed items included glass, tea, paper and lead the colonists learned to do without anything they couldn't make themselves. -
Boston Massacre
A fight broke out between the colonist and the soldiers. the colonist threw sticks and stones ant the solders. when one of the soldiers went down they opened fire killing Crispus Attucks and four other colonist. they called it the "Boston Massacre" http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre -
Tea Act
To keep the British East India Company from going out of business, parliament pass the Tea Act. The tea act also allowed the company to skip Colonial merchants and sell directly to stores at a low price the Tea Act gave the East India company an advantage over Colonial merchants and the colonists felt like it was another attempt to control them Colonial Merchants called for a new boycott of British goods http://bowienewsonline.com/2016/04/parliament-passes-the-tea-act/ -
Boston Tea Party
Three tea ships arrived in the Boston Harbor in 1773. In response to the tea act, Sam Adams and the Sons of liberty dressed up like Indians, sneaked onto the ship in the middle of the night, and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. http://www.american-revolutionary-war-facts.com/Events-Leading-To-American-Revolution/Boston-Tea-Party-Facts.shtml -
intolerable acts
When King George III and Parliament heard about the Boston Tea Party they realized they were losing control of the colonies. Parliament passed a series of laws called The Intolerable Acts that violated the colonists rights. These laws closed Boston Harbor and kept food and supplies from being delivered to Boston. They also banned Town meetings, allowed British officers to be tried in other places when accused of crimes and forced colonists to quarter soldiers in their homes. -
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1st continental congress
Colonial leaders realized the colonies needed to work together to oppose Britan. In September 1774, 54 delegates meet in Philadelphia to discuss problems with Britain. Major political leaders from all the colonies attended the Congress. they would ask Parliament to repeal 13 acts it had passed that violated colonists rights they also voted to boycott British goods. No British products could be brought into the Colonies. And no colonial goods will get to it would be shipped to Britain. -
midnight run
On this night a group of British solders were seen gathered in Boston. Paul Revere, Wentworth Cheswell, and William Dawes were alerted. So the three went to Lexington to warn Sam Adams, John Hancock and the rest of the militiamen the the British were coming http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/paul-reveres-ride -
Lexington and Concord
When the Redcoats reached Lexington they were 17 militiamen waiting for them at the Town Square with muskets in hand. A shot was fired. When the fight was over 8 militiamen were dead. http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp -
2nd continental congress
May 10th 1775, the second continental congress met for the first time. decorating independence from Britain was a long way off the delegates to the sensitivity of the Second Continental Congress included John and Samuel Adams Patrick Henry Richard Henry Lee and George Washington this meeting included some delegates Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson,John Hancock president of the Second Continental Congress. the Congress unanimously George Washington to be the Army's Commander
