1763-1776

Proclamtion of 1763

Oct 19, 1763

Halted westward expansion over the appalachians

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

A change in the tax system on sugar. It lowered tax but punished smuggling so everyone had to pay tax. This is an indirect form of taxation.

Currency Act

Sep 1, 1764

Passed by the British Parliament to reduce the British national debt

Stamp Act

Mar 19, 1765

First measure passed by the parliament that caused widespread anger through the colonies.

Quartering Act

May 1, 1765

British Parliament passed the Quartering Act which forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.

Virginia Resolution

May 19, 1765

Stamp Act Congress

Oct 7, 1765

First sign of unity

Formation fo the Sons of Liberty

Oct 19, 1765

Formed because colonists are upset about the Stamp Act

Stamp Act Repealed

Oct 19, 1766

Townshend Acts

Jun 25, 1767

(duties) passed by British parliament - put taxes on other goods - colonists angry because of “taxation without representation”

Townsheld Duties Repealed

Mar 4, 1770

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Redcoats fired into a crowd of colonists resulting in five deaths. This upset colonists throughout the east coast.

Boston Committee of Correspondence is formed

Nov 2, 1772

formed to protest the new government policy concerning the payment of judges and the MA governor

Parliament passes the Tea Act

May 10, 1773

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Bostonians disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded British tea ships and dumped 342 tea chests in the water in protest of the Tea Act.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

First Continental Congress met to discuss the Coercive Acts -Petition to the King
-Petition the British people
-Non-importation non-consumption agreement

Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts

Oct 19, 1774

In response to the Boston Tea Party and punishment for MA and Boston. These acts along with the Quebec Act were known as the Intolerable acts.
Quartering Act - colonists were forced to house British soldiers if they needed a place to stay
Boston Port Act - closed Boston Harbor until Boston payed for the tea dumped into the harbor
Massachusetts Government Act - limited power of town hall meetings and gave the governor more power

Concord and Lexington

Apr 19, 1775

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

British drove out the colonists and beat them

The Beginning of the American Revolution

Oct 19, 1775

The revolution began and the british retreated to Boston.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to debate American Independence and war against Great Britain. This was the official start of the revolution.