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The Proclamation
The Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III after the end of the French and Indian War / Seven Years' War to organize the new North American empire and stabilize relations with Native Americans. No British settlements allowed west of the Appalachian mountains. Settlers already in these areas required to return east. -
King George III
King George III ascends to the throne of England. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. Colonists violently protest the first direct tax on the American colonies. Americans were forced to pay tax directly to England. And not to their own local legislatures in America. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act claiming a three penny per pound import tax on tea arriving in the colonies and provides the British East India Company a virtual tea monopoly by selling directly to chosen tea agents, bypassing and underselling American merchants who acted as middlemen. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party occurs when activists disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 containers of tea into the harbor. The Colonial activists were believed to be organized by Samuel Adams and the "Sons of Liberty" group. Samuel Adams then began to make his case for independence to John Adams, his second cousin, and a wealthy merchant named John Hancock. -
King Louis XVI
The American revolution gains support from King Louis XVI of France -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence -
American troops
American troops under Benedict Arnold defeat the British at Ridgefield, Connecticut -
Treaty of Alliance
France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution soon becomes a world war. -
English Parliament
English Parliament votes against further war in America.
