Events leading up to the American Revolution

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    Evnts leading up to the American Revolution

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act passes parliament. It is the first direct tax on the colonies. "It was a tax on all paper products (newspapers, alamanacs, licences, deeds, bonds, leases and pamphlets). All these were to bear Stamp showing that a tax on them had been paid. "

  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act goes into effect in the colonies which requires residents to provide housing for British troops stationed in America.

  • Stamp Act Congress

    Stamp Act Congress occurs in New York City. It includes representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina. Petition against the Stamp Act are created to be delivered to King George III. And a boyctt of British goods is started throughout the colonies.

  • The Declaratory Act

    The Stamp Act is repealed. However, the Declaratory Act is passed which gives the British government the power to legislate any laws of the colonies without restriction.

  • The Declaratory Act

    The Stamp Act is repealed. However, the Declaratory Act is passed which gives the British government the power to legislate any laws of the colonies without restriction.

  • The Townshend Act

    Townshend Acts pass parliament introducing a number of taxes on glass, tes, paper, and lead

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre occurs killing five colonists and injuring six. This is used as a propaganda piece against the British military.

  • Townshend Act repealed except for tax on tea

    Townshend Act repealed except for tax on tea

  • Tea Act

    The Tea Act goes into effect, retaining the import tax on tea and giving the East India Company the ability to undersell colonial merchants.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Thee Boston Tea Party occurs. After months of growing anger against the Tea Act, a group of Boston activists dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British tea ships anchored in Boston Harbor in order to dump 342 casks of tea into the water.

  • The Coercive Acts (or the Intolerable Acts)

    The Coercive Acts (Also known as the Intolerable Acts) pass parliament. These acts were a set of four laws forced upon Massachusetts made in response to the Boston Tea Party that were considered cruel and were therefore deemed "Intolerable."

  • Thomas Paine moves to America.

    Thomas Paine moves to America.

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord begin

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord begin

  • Common Sense is published

    96-page pamphlet, 'Common Sense', is first published.

  • The Declaration of Independence is presented to the public

    The Declaration of Independence is presented to the public, declaring that the 13 American colonies are independent states, and not part of the British Empire.