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1763 signing of treaty in Paris
Ending of the seven years was, also know as the Indian and french war in north America. -
Proclamation
George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian mountains without guarantees of security from local natives -
Sugar Act
First attempt to finance the defence of the colonies by the British government. -
Stamp Act
Parliament required all legal papers. -
Quartering Act
Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons. -
Virginian resolution
Refused to comply to the stamp act -
Stamp Act Congress
9 or 13 colonies declare the stamp act unconstitutional -
Declaratory act
Repels' the stamp act but has the right to tax colonies -
Townshend revenue act
Duties on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint to help pay for the administration of the colonies, named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. -
Burning of the gaspee
The revenue schooner Gaspee ran aground near Providence, Rhode Island and was burnt by locals angered by the enforcement of trade legislation -
Tea Act
In an effort to support the ailing East India Company, Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies. -
1775 - The Start
Tension between the American colonies and the british government approached the breaking point -
Spring 1775
general Thomas Gage british governor of massachusetts recieved instructions to seize all stores of weapons and gun power -
1775
General Thomas Gage ordered his troops to march against the patriot arsenal at concord and capture the patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock -
George Washington commander-in-chief of Continental Army
$2 Million to fund the army -
battle of bunker hill
The first major battle of the war of independence -
Branch petition
Congress endorses a proposal asking for recognition ending of the Intolerable Acts for a cease-fire , George III rejected the proposal -
1775 - 1776
winter invasion by canada by benidict arnold
