PAAP Road to Revolution

Treaty of Paris 1763

Jun 15, 1762

This ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France. France relinquished its territories North America. This ended all threats to the colonies In America at the time.

Proclamation Act

Oct 7, 1763

This Act was made to prevent British colonist from moving west into the rest of northern America. While a large number stayed in the colonies many left to expand and explore the land.

The sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

This tax was meant to give more money to the British parliament, while reducing the amount of goods given to the colonist. this is also an update to the molasses act which was being avoided by the colonist 31 years ago.

The Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

This tax made colonist pay more for any type of printed paper. This tax was used to pay for the British defending the land they had taken in America. While the tax was minimal to the price per paper, it set a standard to what could and could not be taxed on the colonist.

The Quartering Act

May 3, 1765

This act stated that solderers could be quartered in public houses and inns if there was not enough room in the barracks. The colony of New York refused to give up their beds without consent then requiring Parliament to create the New York Restraining Act that stated legislation could only be signed in New York if they followed The Quartering Act.

Stamp Act Congress

Oct 7, 1765

This was the first meeting of elected representatives from the American colonies. It was originally formed to create some type of protest against the Stamp Act. It lasted between Oct. 7-25

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Oct 19, 1765

This was a document made by the stamp act congress stating that stated that taxes placed on the colonist by Britain without consent was unconstitutional. I.E. Another way of saying no taxation without representation.

Stamp Act Repeal

Mar 18, 1766

This marked the end of the stamp act after months of protest and an appeal from Benjamin Franklin .Unfortunately this also started the Declaratory Acts.

Declaratory Act

Mar 18, 1766

This was put in place after the removal of the Stamp Act. This stated that any law put in place in Britain would be put in place in America. This act also lessened the tax on sugar to the colonies.

Townsend act

Jun 15, 1767

This Act contained 5 acts in total and lasted till July 2 and this included taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. This was viewed as a misrepresentation of power from Parliament and all except the tea tax were removed (eventually). This was one of the key tipping points leading to the revolutionary war.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

five men were kill in Boston for denying to pay the Townsend Acts that were put on the colonist. This was another larger turning point leading to the Revolutionary War do to the colonist seeing what the British were willing to do to keep the laws in place.

Committees of Correspondence

Nov 4, 1772

This meeting brought the delegates of the colonies together to oppose Parliament and King George III. Samuel Adams organised the first meeting in Boston and these meeting soon spread to other colonies. these were partial governments put in place before there was a political union in the states.

appeal to reason rejected

Nov 4, 1773

Benjamin Franklin Wrote an appeal to Parliament to try and receive leniency for the various acts in place. Unfortunately Parliament denied all leniency for the laws set in place. This again was one of the key events that led to the Revolutionary War.

Tea Act

Dec 16, 1773

This was an after effect of the Boston Tea Party, and one of the main effects was ban on Boston's harbor until the price of the tea was paid for. This started the response of the Intolerable Acts. Which was also a large part of the Revolutionary War.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

This was a reaction to many of the taxes placed on the colonies. The colonist dressed up as Indians and threw tea into the harbor as a protest. While this was a major change in how the colonist reacted to the British taxes, it was one of the first revolts by the colonist.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

This was a set of punishments given to the colonist by the British government for the Boston Tea Party. The punishments were as follow, a bill to reopen the harbor, a bill that stated only Parliament can try British soldiers, and a bill that only allowed one town meeting per year without the consent of Parliament

1st Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

This was a large meeting of delegates from all colonies except for Georgia. It was created because of "the passage of the Coercive Acts"

The Battles of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Numerous British soldiers were marching to Boston to take an arms cache. This gives way to the famous Paul Revere ride waking the minute men and leading the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

Bunker Hill

Jul 17, 1775

This battle started because a colonist colonel William Prescott learned that a large number British troops were surrounding Boston and planning to take it over. Do to this information he was able to lead troops to battle them on Bunker hill and Breed's hill outside of Charleston Massachusetts.

Common Sense

Feb 14, 1776

Tomas Paine wrote Common Sense somewhere in January 1776, but it became published on February 14 1776. He showed the people of the colonies that what was being done to them was wrong and they needed to fight the tyranny of Parliament and King George III. It was easily understood by the colonist and spread do to its "common sense" arguments

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

This was a statement made from the second Continental Congress that made each of the 13 colonies there own independent states. This document was not actually signed until august 2.