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End of French and Indian War
This is when the British, French and the Spanish signed the Treaty of Paris and the French was driven out of North America. -
Sugar Act passed
Where the British taxed the colonists on any sugar and the tax on molasses was reduced -
Stamp Act passed
This was a tax on the British colonists for every printed paper they used -
Quatering Act passed
This act required the colonists to provide housing and supplies for the British troops. Most of the colonists did not like this but most went along with it because they accepted Parliament's right to regulate trade and provide for defense. -
Taxation without Representation
Where the colonists angrily protested against the Stamp Act which they thought it was threatening their liberty. Parliament was confused because some British people paid taxes although they did not vote. -
Declaratory Act passed
This act repealed the Stamp Act but Parlkament had the right to rule the colonies as it saw fit. The colonists did not like the act because the British were still able to levy taxes. -
Boston Massacre
This was when a group of colonists in Boston hurled snowballs and rocks at the British soldiers, so the British soldiers fired and killed five colonists. The colonists under the leadership of Samuel Adams called this the Boston Massacre, then Adams created a network of local committees of correspondence throughout Masachusetts. -
Tea Act passed
This was to save the East India Tea Company. It gave monopoly and threatened the business of colonial importers. The response to this was the colonists dressed as Indians boarded three British ships with tea dumped the tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts passed
These were orginally called the Coercive Acts, were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea dumped into the harbor. They closed the harbor and forced the colonists to house the British soldiers in their home. They reacted to this with violence. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This is where the British were coming to attack the colonists by sea to land. The colonists reaction was that Paul Revere hads his ride for the signal and he warned the other colonists that the British were coming to attack.
