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The End Of The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was ended by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the English being the victor. each of the participants either gained or lost something from the war. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The British, in reaction to the rebellion of Pontiac, signed this to put a stop to colonial expansion past Appalachia, which shut down the plans for people wanting to expand. -
The British Begin Taxing The Colonists
After the war, the British were in debt to the troops they had stationed at the colonies, in order to pay off this debt they began taxing the colonists more. -
The Stamp Act
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act because their military needed money and supplies so they taxed the american colonists. The tax had to be represented on documents and playing cards. -
Patriot Leaders create a group against the english
The Sons Of Liberty was formed by Samuel Adams to protest and combat against the english and what they were doing to the colonists -
A mob led by the Sons of Liberty breaks out
The colonists (The Sons of Liberty) who were against their taxation without representation/ the Stamp Act broke into protest against the english. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight a colonists throwing rocks, snowballs, and sticks to protect themselves from the British soldiers who were shooting guns at the patriots. This event really sparked the colonist in pursuing destruction of the British Parliament. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest done by the Sons of Liberty. “Taxation without representation,” they dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. They really caught the British off guard and this was a great plan for the colonists which was successful. -
The Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts were known as the Intolerable Acts. They were a series a four laws which were punishment towards the colonists for their acts in The Boston Tea Party. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War, tensions were built up for many years between the colonists and the British. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord.
