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1774 BCE
intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts passed/Royal assent March 31 June 22, 1774)were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party the laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government -
1774 BCE
1st continental congress
The first continental congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the united States -
1773 BCE
The tea act
In an effort to save the troubled enterprise the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773 the act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea -
1773 BCE
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 -
1770 BCE
The Boston massacre
Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston the event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams -
1763 BCE
The French and Indian war
The French and Indian war started in 1754 and ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763 the war provided great Britain enormous territorial gains in north America but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent and ultimately to the America resolution -
The proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a British produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern Continental Divide. Decreed on October 7 1763 the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. -
The sugar act of 1764
The Sugar Act 1764 also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act was a revenue raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764 -
Stamp act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London carrying an embossed revenue stamp -
Townshend of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of measure passed by the British Parliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported to the American colonies But American colonists who had no representation in Parliament saw the Acts as an abuse of power