revolutionary war

navigation acts

Oct 9, 1651

All goods going to America must be shipped throgh Europe first.

proclomation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.

sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

colonists had to tax the molasses and sugar to be sold or traded.

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

declaratory act

Mar 18, 1766

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act.

townsend act

Jun 29, 1767

Townshend Act constituted an attempt by the British government to consolidate fiscal and political power over the American colonies .

boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars.

tea act

May 10, 1773

The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes.

boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

a band of Bostonians disguised as Native Americans boarded the British merchant ship Dartmouth and two companion vessels anchored at Griffin's Wharf in Boston harbor.

intolerable act

Mar 24, 1774

The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.