mr.dwyer's history timeline

  • prclamation

    prclamation

    It closed off the frontier to the colonial expansion,it also calmed the indian's fears of the colonists driving them out of the land and it defined 4 new colonies.
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    Great britian put a three cent on refined sugar,coffee, indigo and wine without the colonist consent.
  • stamp act

    stamp act

    This was the first direct britsh tax. Each newspaper,panphlet and other legal and public doucument needed a stamp. the colonist did not understand because stamps used to be free. The act was repealed in march of 1776.
  • quartering act

    quartering act

    It stated that british troops must be housed in barracks and public homes. It was indirect form of taxing becuase they had to give the soldiers quarters,food and transportation
  • Stamp act congress

    Stamp act congress

    It was a group of people that voiced their objection;s about the stamp act by defying parliment. it was a unified resistance that even british merchants joined becuase it was affecting them.
  • declaratory act

    declaratory act

    It stated that parliment had full power and authority
  • townshend acts

    townshend acts

    taxes on glass,lead,paints, paper and tea. Eventuallly it was all repealed except tea
  • Boston massacure

    Boston massacure

    There were silent protest and enforced writs of assistance. the tension grew and colonist fought the British. by accident a gun went off and it became an open fire
  • tea act

    tea act

    It was the monopy on tea sales. It lowered money on the East India tea.
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party

    The colonist were angry and frustrated about the tea. the sons of liberty dressed up like indians and boarded three ships. they dumped 342 crates of tea in the harbor
  • coercive acts

    coercive acts

    It was to restore order in massachutes. They closed the Boston Port until colonist pay back the tea.
  • quebec act

    quebec act

    They established a government and expanded.
  • 1st continental congress

    1st continental congress

    met in the carpenter's hall in philadelphia. There were delegets from 12 of the colonies
  • battles of Lexington

    battles of Lexington

    It was the first shots of the war in the town of concord. They knew the British plans and sent paul Revre out to go see. Revre rode back out to Lexington to warn the colonies. When britian got there the "minute men" were out numered.
  • 2nd continental congress

    2nd continental congress

    Delegets came from all the colonies and it started the battle of Lexington
  • olive branch petition

    olive branch petition

    Adopted by the 2nd continental congress and it was a letter of reconciliation to king george.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    proclamation made by american continental congress. It asserted freedom for the 13 colonies from britian.