Events Leading to the american revolution

  • Proclamation of 1776

    Proclamation of 1776
    The colonists were not allowed to pass west along the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists were not allowed to cross this line because of King George III's agreement with the native Americans after the French and Indian war.
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act
    The sugar act was the deducted taxation on sugar or molasses, in order to keep colonists from smuggling in molasses in which the still did.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    This act required the colonists to buy a certain type of paper in order to do any type of legal document, news paper, pamphlet and almanac.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    this act forced colonists to house British soldiers and give them anything they needed.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    Britten laced taxes on on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea.
  • The Boston massacre

    The Boston massacre
    This was a fight between the colonists and the British soldiers, the colonists were angry about their jobs and all of the new acts being placed. Those acts include The Stamp Acts and the Townshend acts
  • Boston Tea party

    Boston Tea party
    The colonists dressed up like native Americans and dumped 18000 of the east indie companies tea in to the Boston harbor. The colonists did this because of all of the tea act raising taxes on tea.
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    The way of parliament responding to the Boston Tea party by passing these acts. these acts shut down the Boston harbor.
  • Currency act

    Currency act
    Parliament took control of currency. Prohibited the printing of new money and reissue of existing currency.
  • The repeal of the Stamp Act

    The repeal of the Stamp Act
    parliament removed the stamp act, but the same day the declaratory act was passed.