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The French and Indian War
This was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain. Each side was aided by different tribes of Indians. http://www.mrnussbaum.com/history/images/fiwar.jpg -
Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. Many in the colonies felt that the object keep them on the East coast to be regulated easily. This made the colonists see how salutary neglect and the lack of representation affects the way they feel towards Britain.
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The Sugar Act
A law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. This is an example of Mercantilism. http://www.webanswers.com/post-images/5/5B/12AC2F95-14C9-13B1-D14417575F9006CF.jpg -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed almost everything that was produced on paper, from small items like playing cards, to large items like the newspapers. This is another example of Mercantilism. http://www.postagestampsidea.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Approved-Stamp-2.gif -
Townshend Revenue Act
The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations.(Mercantilism) http://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CharlesTownshend.jpg -
The Boston Massacre
Five people killed by British Troops due to rioting. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/images/massacre.jpg -
The Tea Act
Tea was shipped to the colonies from India and had a tax that was placed on the colonists if purchased. This is an example of mercantilism.
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The Boston Tea Party
Colonists disguised as Native Americans stormed tea-carrying ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water. http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2005_winter_spring/images/teaparty4.jpg -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.
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Olive Branch Petition
This was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. King George refused to read the petition and on August 23 proclaimed that the colonists had "proceeded to open and avowed rebellion."
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Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commonsense.jpg/200px-Commonsense.jpg -
The Declaration of Independence
"The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America" The Colonies declared their independence from Britain. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/images/declaration_big_enhanced.jpg
