Understanding Colonial Unrest

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

The English law will not let colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

The earlier Molasses Act of 1733, imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been effectively collected due to colonial evasion. They reduced the rate by half and increased measures to enforce the tax, the British hoped that the tax would actually be collected.These incidents increased the colonists' concerns about the intent of the British Parliament.

Currency Act

Sep 1, 1764

It is the name of several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. This act helped protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in different colonial currencies because of depreciation.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

The Stamp Act was a direct tax by the British Parliament mostly for the colonies of British America. The act was made so that all printed materials were printed on stamped paper made in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

Colonists give English Soldiers food and shelter no COST.

Stamp Act Taken Away

Mar 17, 1766

Protesting by colonists makes England Repeal the Stamp Act.

Declaratory Act

Mar 18, 1766

Parliament had the right to rule and tax colonies.

Townshend Act

Jun 29, 1767

England puts more taxes on goods coming into America including tea, lead, glass, and paint.

Writs of Assistance

Nov 20, 1767

Colonists are smuggling. So that they won't be taxed. English wants to cut down smuggling. Search Warrants make it legal for English Soldiers to come into homes of colonists to look for smuggled goods.

Townshend Act Repealed;Tax on tea kept

Mar 1, 1770

The colonists boycott English goods to show they do not like the taxes. England takes away the Townshend Act taxes. But England keeps the tax on imported tea.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Fighting breaks out between soldiers and colonists in Boston. When the dust cleared, five Bostonians were dead and ten were injured.

Intolerable Acts

Dec 1, 1773

England felt that they should punish colonists for the "Tea Party". England closes Boston Harbor until the tea is paid for. English soldiers will stay in the the Boston area a while to keep an eye on the colonists.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

It was a direct action by colonists in Boston against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies.Protesters had successfully prevented the unloading of taxed tea in three other colonies, but in Boston, embattled Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused to allow the tea to be returned to Britain.

Tea Act

Dec 16, 1773

The British East India Company can sell tea to colonial merchants who belong to the company. These merchants can sell tea cheaper than other merchants.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

A convention of delegates from tweleve British North American colonies. The Intolerable Acts punished Boston for the "Boston Tea Party". The congresss met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the Revolutionare War. It marked the conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.