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1763: Proclamation of 1763
This document was sent to the colonists' by the King and declared colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists didn't care and still move westward -
1764: Sugar Act
It halved the duty on foreign-made molasses, placed duties on certain imports and strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiralty court rather than in a more sympathetic colonial court. This made the Colonists furious. -
1764: Currency Act
The Act banned the use of paper money in the colonies in order to control inflation, but it angered the colonists. -
1765: Stamp Act
A direct tax on paper items; newspapers, deeds, law documents, playing cards and cigars. This infuriated the colonists. -
1765: Quartering Act
It forced the British soldiers housing, food, and needed accommodations. This annoyed the colonists; since they had to take care of the British Soldiers even though they didn't want the soldiers there. -
1766: Repeal of Stamp Act
They didn’t have to pay for paper taxes anymore, but then the British Parliament made the Declaratory Act.The colonists were happy about it, but were angry about the Declaratory Act. -
1767: Townshend Act/Duties
It's Indirect taxes or duties on levied on imported materials; glass, lead, paint, and paper as they came to the colonies from Britain. Which angered the colonists. -
1770: Boston Massacre
British shot and killed 5 people in Boston. This made the colonists believe that the British no longer were their ally and made them feel terrifyed and hatred towards the British soldiers. -
1773: Tea Act
It is a Tax on tea. This Act seriously annoyed and made them infuriated; since they loved their tea. -
1774: Intolerable Acts
A law that shut down Boston Harbor because the colonists had refused to pay for the damaged tea. This made the colonists even more annoyed. -
1775: New England restraining Act
It was an act meant to keep New England colonies dependent on the British. King George III formally endorses the act, which required New England colonies to trade exclusively with Great Britain starting on July the 1st. This made them seriously want to fight for Independence because of how far the British went with this Act. -
1775: Lexington and Concord
The first military from Britain was getting ready to sneak attack the leading rebels by capturing Adams and Hancock and destroy all hidden munitions. This battle was a moral victory for the Colonists (Patriots). -
1775: Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.Even though the Minutemen lost, the inexperienced minutemen inflicted significant casualties on the enemy, and the battle was a moral victory boost for the colonists. -
1775: Prohibitory Act
Parliament responds to the Olive Branch Petition by implementing this act, since this act declared the colonies to be in rebellion, and closed all American Ports. This made the Colonists (Patriots) feel a desire to fight back the oppresion from the British. -
1776:Declaration of Independence
In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ reasons and grievances against the King and the Parliament. On July 4, 1776, Congress formally adopts the Declaration of Independence. The colonists (Patriots) were happy about finally having equal rights and not having to pay for the unjust taxes the British Parliament passed.
