Road to Revolution

Navigation Act

Oct 13, 1651

regulated mercantilism (the economic belief that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by increasing profits-to be encouraged by protectionism)
loosely enforced
aimed at rival Dutch
english trade carried in English vessels
banned foreign ships from transporting goods from outside Europe to England&Colonies

Navigation Act

Jul 27, 1663

also called the Act for the Encouragement of Trade
all goods going to colonies must go through England, have its duties paid, and carried i nEnglish vessels

Navigation Acts

Sep 1, 1673

Period of Benign Neglect

Period: Jan 1, 1688 to Dec 31, 1763

loose enforcement of laws
tried to keep loyalty through low stress
made colonies more independent

Navigation Acts

Sep 1, 1696

Queen Anne's War

Period: Sep 1, 1701 to Sep 30, 1713

aka. War of Spanish Succession
Spanish vs. English (florida/carolinas)
Enlish vs. French (canada)
Florida ceded to Britain

Molasses Act

Mar 17, 1733

colonies only allowed to buy English West indian sugar

King George's War

Period: Sep 1, 1744 to Sep 30, 1748

part of the War of Austrian Succession
heavy losses from North British Colonies

French and Indian War (Seven Years War)

Period: Jan 1, 1754 to Dec 31, 1763

English vs. French
for control of N.A., India and Carribean
French allied with Native Americans
English taked colonies for the war debt and tried to reestablish the profits of East india Company

Albany Plan

Jul 1, 1754

first proposal for unified government for the Thirteen Colonies
proposed by Benjamin Franklin
wasn't passed

Treaty of Paris

Feb 10, 1763

ended the Seven Year's War
Britain-world's leading colonial empire, earned many tracts of land from France

Pontiac's Rebellion

May 7, 1763

Native American warriors attack British forces at Detroit
captured 8 British forts

British Prime Minister George Grenville

Period: Sep 10, 1763 to Sep 10, 1765

all for taxing/punishing colonists
authored stamp act
stirred a lot of trouble for England

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

prohibited westward expansion
imposed taxes on colonies for 'protection' from indians along the proclamation line

Paxton Boys & their Rebellion

Dec 1, 1763

Scots-Irish frontiersmen along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania
murdered 20 Susquehannock in the Conestoga Massacre
when promised their grievances would be looked into, they disbanded (1764)

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

modified verison of Sugar and Molasses Act
duty for sugar was lowered but more stricktly enforced

Regulator Movement Revolts & Philosophy

Period: Jan 1, 1765 to Dec 31, 1771

citizans took up arms against corrupt government officials
catalyst to Revolutionary War
participants: religious radicals inspired by Great Awakening
labor=land/possessions
pro-whites

Mutiny Act

Mar 4, 1765

aka. Quartering Act
gave us our 3rd amendment
required colonists to house soldiers in 'peacetime'

Stamp Act

Mar 21, 1765

taxes imposed on printed materials: newspaper, cards, etc
Patrick Henery led opposition
Stamp Act Congress made list of reaons why the tax was uncalled for
many riots and boycotts
Sons of Liberty believed Parilment would repeal the tax
Samuel Adams opposed
Virginia Resolves - Henery's resolutions about the tax
Declaratory Act told why it's ok to tax colonists

Townshend Duties

Jan 1, 1767

aka. Townshend Acts
supposed to raise revenue and enforce compliance
taxed the colonists only
caused boycotts
partially repealed later

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

citizens threw snowballs, sticks, stones at the British soldiers
soldiers fired into the crowd killing the civilians
led to armed rebellion

Samuel Adams & Committees of Correspondence

Jan 1, 1773

Adams: founding father who devised committees of correspondence system
C of C: coordinated responses and shared plans throughout the revolution, worked behind local governments

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

East India Company tried to sell lots of tea to colonies
colonists saw it as opportunity to be taxed
revolt!

Boston Tea Party

Sep 28, 1773

50 disguiesd at Mohawks boarded the ship and dumped all the tea
Women organized the idea

Intolerable Acts

Jan 1, 1774

aka. Coercive Actslaws
passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party
no more gov for Massachusetts

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

met in Philadelphia
compact among the colonies to boycott British goods beginning on December 1, 1774
provided for a Second Continental Congress to meet on May 10, 1775

Edenton Proclaimation

Oct 25, 1774

Women organized the tea party in Edenton

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

first battle of the Revolutionary War
colonial victory

Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

urged people to go agains Britain
persuaded for immediate action
largest circulation of any book so far

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

announced that the 13 colonies were free from British rule
detailed the grievances the colonists had with the king