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Prime Minister George Grenville ordered the British navy to enforce the Navigation Laws
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Banned settlements past the the Appalachians mountains
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Increased duty on sugar from the West Indies
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Colonist had to provide soldiers with food and a place to sleep.
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Colonist are now required to pay taxes on all paper goods.
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Delegates from the colonizes meet to discuss what they wanted to do about the stamp act. Made the Declaration of Rights and Grievances and sent it the British parliament and King.
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The British Parliament repeals the stamp act.
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Put a light duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea.
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Britain sends to regiments of troops to Boston to try and maintain order.
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British soldiers fired upon protesting colonists in Boston
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The East India Company was almost bankruptcy so Britain gave them a monopoly over tea in America
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About 100 Bostonians boarded merchant ships and dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbor.
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Passed acts to punish the Colonist after the Boston Tea Party and protests. Closed down the Boston port until they paid for the tea
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Delegates from the twelve of the thirteen colonies meet to discuss grievances.
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British soldiers sent to Lexington and Concord to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock while also confiscating gunpowder and weapons. Shot fired at Lexington killing 8 Americans and wounding several more, before pushing to Concord were Britain suffered heavy loses.
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Petition given to the king professing American loyalty to the crown and begging the King to prevent further hostilities.
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense which
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Declaration of Independence was approved and signed.
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Washington lead his men on a ambush on Trenton were a Hessian camp was. Captured 1000 Hessian leading to an increase in moral.
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Where Washington and his men stayed for the winter of 1777-1778. Poor conditions lowered moral, some of the militia died, and even more deserted.
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Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga. This lead to France joining the war.
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French officially joins the war on the colonists side.
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The last big battle of the war. Cornwallis surrendered after being surrounded by the French and the militia.
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Officially ended the war. The United States formally given Independence.
