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Navigation Act
Passed on July 27
Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between every country except Britain -
Stamp Act
This law required many written or printed items, including newspapers,legal documents, and playing cards, to be produced on special paper stamped in Great Britian. In order to purchase this stamped paper, colonist had to pay a tax -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a conflict that took place between Great Britain and France. It was part of a larger conflict known as the Seven Years’ War. British colonists fought on the side of Great Britain, and Native Americans fought alongside the French, which is how the war got its name. -
French and Indian War ends- February 10, 1763
The British attempted to maintain peace between Native Americans and potential settlers on the western frontier. The British solution was the Proclamation of 1763. This law announced that colonists would not be permitted to establish settlements west of a line drawn through the Appalachian Mountains. -
Proclamation of 1763
This act forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act in 1933, which was about to expire. -
Quartering Act
This act required the colonists to provide shelter for British troops, often in their own homes. When protests of British tax policies grew, British officials sent additional troops to colonial cities to maintain order. -
Sons of Liberty
(SOL) A secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
Sons of Liberty
Colonists also formed secret societies. These groups organized protests against the British. They also publicized the concerns of the colonists. In Boston, Samuel Adams led the most famous of these societies, the Sons of Liberty. -
Declaratory Act
Accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. This is because the boycotts were hurting British trade. -
Townshend Acts
These laws imposed import duties, or special taxes on goods imported into the colonies -
Townshend Acts repealed
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First Committee of Correspondence of March 1, 1773
Early protest meetings and gatherings led to the formation of the Committees of Correspondence. These committees promoted the Patriots’ cause. They also planned responses to British actions. At first, the committees met separately in their own colonies. In 1773, however, the Committees of Correspondence from each colony decided to come together. -
Tea Act
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The Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, outraged colonists unoffically called themselves the Intolerable Acts. The purpose of these acts were to end resistance by the colonies, but instead was used to fuel resistance to British rule and propelled the colonies toward independence. -
First Continental Congress
On October 14, 1774, the First Continental Congress issued a document known as the Declaration and Resolves. This document was a petition to King George III. It called for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts. It also demanded that Parliament and the king respect the colonists’ rights as citizens. -
Paul Revere April 18, 1775
On April 18, 1775, a group of colonists learned about General Gage’s plan to send troops to Concord. They sent Paul Revere and William Dawes to ride their horses and warn Americans to stop Gage’s troops before they could get to Concord. The British captured Paul Revere before he could reach Concord. But the news of the British advance spread rapidly. When the British reached the nearby town of Lexington, they faced a group of colonists known as minutemen, led by Captain John Parker -
Lexington and Concord
The British sent 800 men to seize the colonist stores of ammunition and capture the patriot leaders but were discovered by partriot spies, Paul Revere, william Dawes and Samuel Prescott who warned the people.
