american reviloution

french and indian war

Oct 12, 1754

britain needed money to finance war with france. britain imposed taxes on the colonists to pay for the war.

american revalution

Period: Oct 12, 1754 to Oct 12, 1774

treaty of paris

Oct 12, 1763

proclamition

Oct 12, 1763

britain wanted to aviod conflict with native americans and told the colonists they couldn't be protected, so colonists were forbidden to cross the appilation mountains or evan attempt to cross. british army stationed in the colonies.

sugar act

Oct 12, 1764

tax on sugar and molasses. didn't really affected the colonists at all but the idea of taxes a growing issue

stamp act

Oct 16, 1765

tax on legal documents, they taxed any thing that was on paper. stamp act congeress formed to organized boycott and the colonists were able to boycott the stamp act.

writs of asstiance

Oct 16, 1767

customs officers could search at will. few colonists affected, but merchants felt this was an invation of privacy.

quartering act

Oct 16, 1767

colonists had to provide food,houseing,blankets, candles,ect.for the brittish soldiers. most colonistis hated this but barley could be done.

townshend act

Oct 16, 1767

tax on vanous house holds. colonists boycotted because they didn't want to pay for every house hold item they had or got and for them in their case boycotting was the only way to stop paying biritan

boston massacre

Oct 17, 1770

a rioting mob confronted brittish at the boston customs house.
tensions rose and shots were fired at the crowed killing five colonists. sam adams used the oppertunity to get the soldiers mad by calling it a "massacre".

tea act

Oct 17, 1773

tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the british, east india company lowered their tea prices.the company monopolized, or controlled, tea sales in the colonies.

boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

on december 16, 1773, the sons of liberty dumped more than 90,000 pounds of tea into the boston harbor.

intolerable

Oct 17, 1774

colonists could not hold town meetings.
port of boston closed. customs officals tried in britain

battles of lexington and concord

Apr 19, 1775

give me liberty speach

Oct 19, 1775

bunker hill

Oct 19, 1775

declaration of independence

Jul 4, 1776

no taxation without representation

Oct 17, 1776

colonists had no representatives to speak for them in parliament. colonists resented not having a say in their own affairs, became a rallying cry.

common sence publlished

Oct 19, 1776