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Proclomation of 1763
When the British won the war and land from France, the Natives who lived on what used to be the French territory were furious. They attcked any colonists who tried to settle on their land. So the British wrote the Proclamation of 1763 banning colonist from settling west of the Appalachians, because it was unsafe and colonist could be attacked, -
Sugar act of 1764
The British Parilament signed the Sugar Act, placing a tax on sugar, molasses, and other sugar based products. They did this to pay for the French and Indian War. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Britian needed money to pay for the French and Indian war. So, the Parliament signed the Stamp Act, placing a tax on paper products such as diplomas, stamps, and contracts. -
Quartering act of 1765
The British Parliament signed the Quatering Act, forcing the colonists to provide food, water, candles, blankets, and shelter for over 10,000 British redcoats. -
The Stamp Act Congress
Sam Adams greates accomplishment.A meeting of delegates from 9 coloinies gathed in New York. This was a vital first step to colinal unification. -
Declaratory Act 1766
The Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal. -
Townshed acts of 1767
Shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act, the British, still needing money, signed the Townshend acts. It placed a law on household items such as paper, glass, lead, and silk. -
Boston Massacre
A riot formed outside a British Customs Home. The angered Redcoats, fired shots into the mob, immediantly killing three colonists, an African sailor named Crispus Attucks, ropemaker Samuel Gray, and a mariner named James Caldwell.This increased the feelings of hatred towards Britian. -
Tea Act of 1773
The Parliament passed a law, taxing the popular tea products, as a way of gaining money and showing the colonist they were still in charge. -
The Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. -
The First Continetal Congress
At Carpenter's Hall in Philedelphia 55 delegates, from every colony except Georgia met as result of the Intolerable Acts. They banned all trade with Britian unless Britian repelled the Intolerable Acts. Britian refused. All the colonies began training troops, preparing for war with Britian. -
Coercive Acts 1774
Four measures passed by the British Parliament in 1774 as retribution for American colonial defiance and the Boston Tea Party. The acts closed the Boston port until colonists paid for the destroyed tea. -
Quebec Act 1774
This was passed by the British Parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763. It gave the French Canadians complete religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law. -
Battles of Lexington/Concord
After the British defeated the minutemen at Lexington, they moved onto Concord to destroy the Continental Army's supplies. But they were met by 4,000 minutemen, which greatly outnumbered their 800. The minutemen easily pushed back the British. The British retreated to Boston, and the Revolutionary War had begun. -
The Second Continental Congress
One month after Lexington and Concrd, the second Continental congress began mettings in philadelphia -
The Olive Branch Petition
The seocond contineltal congress declared their loyalty to Britian, but asked for the Intolerable Acts to be removed. -
The Declaration of Independence
In June of 1776, the Continental Congress decided it was best to seperate from Britian. They created a commitee to write the declaration.
