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The Proclamation of 1763
British banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid further conflicts with North America's Native Indians. -
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Road to Indepence Timespan
The Road to Indepence timespan. -
Sugar Act
Taxed sugar and molasses coming anywhere except the motherland of Britain - colonists weren't concerned. -
Stamp Act
Required government stamps to be placed on newspapers, playing card, dice, calenders, and legal papers. Colonists protested with, "No taxation without representation." Delegates from nine colonies wrote letters to Britain to protest the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Acts
(Date of day and month unknown; year is certain.) The Townshend Acts taxed glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. Colonists boycotted and rioted againast the Townshend Acts. Britain sent one thousand redcoats to control the protest. -
The Boston Massacre (The Bloody Massacre.)
Heavy British military prescense in Boston boiled over to provoke brawls between soldiers and civilians which eventually led to tropps firing their muskets after being attacked by the rioting crowd. -
Tea Act
Britain gave the British East India Company sole control over the American tea market. This hurt colonists, but Comittees of Correspondence then organized the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
A protest organized by Samuel Adams who protested against the Tea Act. On December 16th, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians boarded the British East India Company tea ship, where they threw three-hundred and fourty-two chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
(Unknown day and month, year is accurate.) The Intolerable Acts were designed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party. They closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for. Town meetings were banned to avoid another protest such as the Tea Party. British soldiers were housed in private homes. Redcoats accused of crimes in America would be shipped back to Britain to face trial, due to a chance of an unfair jury. -
Lexington and Concord
The beginning of the Revolutionary War, when Patriots were rebelling against the Loyalists and Paul Revere, Billy Dawes, and about fifty other men warned Patriots and militias that the British were coming. -
Second Continental Congress
Congress decided to try and make a continental army. George Washington would lead this continental army. On July 5th, 1775 they signed the Olive Branch Petition. The olive branch is a symbol of peace. -
Declaration of Independence
On July 4th, 1776 Paine and Jefferson signed the Declaration of Indpence stating three rights, of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The second is to have colonists' rights. The third is to break away from Great Britain.
