History timeline

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    Revolution Build up

  • treaty of Paris

    British win French Indian war. N. America territory goes to British
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    Pontiacs Rebellion

    Uprising of Native Amricans in Great Lakes region, after French and Indian war in response to unfair treatment by British.
  • Sugar Act

    reduced tax on molasses but stopped the smuggling which angered colonists who used system of Salutary Neglect as lifestyle.
  • Stamp Act

    Tax on all paper documents in all colonies.
    Paper must of had a stamp to prove officiality.
  • Quartering Act

    Colonists must provide housing and supplies to British soldiers stationed near theyre colony.
  • Declatory Act

    Repeals stamp act, but reaffirms Englands ability to make laws to regulate colony.
  • Townshend Acts

    Tax on Paper, Led, Paint, Glass, and Tea.
    Sole purpose for creating revenue for England.
  • Boston Massacre

    Colonists and British get into scrap. 5 colonists shot and killed
  • Tea Party

    Sons of Liberty sneak onto Britsh cargo ships. Dump four million worth of tea into Boston Harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    Britsh response to Tea Party.
    -British shut down Boston Harbor
    -took away Massachusetts right to self govern
  • 1st Continental Congress

    12 of 13 colonies send representatives to discuss Intolerable acts, 1st time colonies unite in one government action.