1770-1774

By Takeria

  • Townshend Act Repealed

    Townshend Act Repealed
    The British parliament repealed the Townshend on all things but tea. the British government realized their policy was not working based on falling colonial imports and raising opposition.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A street fight that occurred between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers The riot began when 50 citizens attacking a British sentinel A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in additional soldiers, and these too were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob, killing 3 on the spot and wounding 8 others, two of whom died later.The Boston Massacre caused Britain to completely re-evaluate its goals for its colonial empire.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Boston Tea Party was a political protest. The American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” so they dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The colonist were upset so this showed the British government that they wouldn't take taxation without representation and fought for their independence.

  • Coercive Act

    Coercive Act
    Also known as the Intolerable act was a package of five laws with the purpose to restore authority in British colonies and punish Bostonians for their Tea Party. the five acts include the The Boston Port Act,The Massachusetts Government Act,Administration of Justice Act,Quartering Act, and the the Quebec Act. in response colonies rushed to the city’s defense, sending supplies and forming their own Provincial Congresses to discuss British misrule and mobilize resistance to the crown.

  • Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji

    Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji
    Treaty signed between Russian and the Ottoman empire. "The treaty ended the conflict between Russia and the Ottomans . Under the terms of the agreement Russia was granted the right to intervene in the affairs of Moldovia. In addition Crimea was declared independent. Russia obtained several ports on the Black Sea and was named the official protector of the Orthodox Christians living in the Ottoman Empire."