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King George lll
England’s longest-ruling monarch before Queen Victoria. He ascended the throne of England in 1760 & reigned for 59 years. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III after the end of the French and Indian War to organize the new North American empire and stabilize relations with Native Americans. None of the British settlements were allowed west of the Appalachian mountains and the settlers that were already in the area were required to return east -
James Otis
James Otis urges a united response to the recent acts imposed by England by using the phrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny". He also published " The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved -
The Sugar Act
On April 5 1764, parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. But because of this they tried to avoid the tax because this caused them more money to make the things they needed it for, like rum. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty, was a well organized patriot political group that was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. Colonists violently protest the first direct tax on the American colonies. Americans were forced to pay tax directly to England. and not to their own local legislatures in America. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required American colonists to house British troops and supply them with food. It didn't matter if they wanted them there or not. They all had no choice. -
Stamp Act Repealed
Ben Franklin argued for repeal and warned of a possible revolution in the American colonies if the Stamp Act was enforced by the British military -
Townshend Revenue Act
A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
British Troops
British troops arrive in Boston to enforce customs laws.
Merchants in Boston and New York boycott British goods until the Townshend Acts are repealed
Boston colonists encouraged to urged to arm themselves
English warships sail into Boston Harbor leaving two regiments of English troops to keep order. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the incident on King Street by the British, was an riot in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob. Some say it was by an order but some say it was an accident. -
The Tea Act
Claimed a threepenny per pound import tax on tea arriving in the colonies and provides the British East India Company a virtual tea monopoly by selling directly to chosen tea agents, bypassing and underselling American merchants who acted as middlemen. -
Intolerable Act
The Coercive Acts (called Intolerable Acts by Americans) in response to the rebellion in Massachusetts. The Coercive Acts included:
Massachusetts Government Act
Administration of Justice Act
Boston Port Act
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Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act shut down all commercial shipping in Boston harbor until Massachusetts payed the taxes owed on the tea dumped in the harbor and compensation to the East India Company -
Treaty of alliance
France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution soon becomes a world war. -
Raids
In retaliation for Indian raids on colonial settlements, American troops from North Carolina and Virginia attack Chickamauga Indian villages in Tennessee. -
Peace Talk
English Parliament votes against further war in America.
The British Parliament empowers King George to negotiate peace with the United States. British Prime Minister Lord Rockingham starts negotiations with the American peace commissioners. Sir Guy Carleton replaces General Clinton as the new commander of British forces in America Paris Peace talks begin -
England
England officially declares an end to hostilities in America -
The End
The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress and the American Revolutionary War officially ends
