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Events to the Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was introduced in order to prevent the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. It was to set prevent conflict with the american Indians. The colonists reacted with anger, some refused and still settled west. -
Sugar Act
This was 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. The colonists were upset because the king taxed them without their consent. -
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that required American colonists to purchase special stamp paper for every legal document. This was the first time the colonists protested against a British measure. -
Quartering Act
This law was passed by parliament of Great Britain, designed to force colonies to provide housing and care for British soldiers.The colonists protested against this act because they were required to pay for provisions and barracks for the army. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
This act was repealed by Parliament but as a result, the same day Parliament passed the Declaratory Act. This act made clear that the Parliament had full right to make laws and to enforce them in the colonies.The repeal of the stamp act was a victory for the colonists. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.Colonists conducted activities as harassing tax collectors and merchants violated boycotts. -
The Boston Massacre
A mob arose from the colonists against the British troops, in which the troops fired at the mob and killed 5 colonists. This act made the colonies come together against British rule. -
Tea Act
An act passed by the British Parliament to save the East India Co. from bankruptcy and to grant the company a monopoly.This act made the colonies angry because they knew that the act would give a monopoly to the East India Co. ; colonists conducted the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
A raid on three British ships on the Boston Harbor in which colonists disguised as Indians threw several chests of tea into the harbor. This was the way colonists reacted against British taxes in tea and the monopoly granted to the East India Co. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable Acts were a series of measurements passed by the British Parliament, made to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.The colonists protested against this unfair law, leading closer to the war. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first battles that initiated the Revolutionary War.The colonists were upset because it resulted into a British victory. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle was fought on the Charlestown Peninsula; it was a British victory against the American Patriots. Although they lost, it gave the patriots confidence in the war due to the cause of major damage that they made to their enemy. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to the people of the Thirteen Colonies. This persuaded more colonists to fight for independence from the king. -
The Declaration of Independence
A document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britain. -
Battle of Yorktown
this marked the end of the Revolutionary War. George Washington with the help of the French defeat General Cornwallis by making him surrender. The colonists take this as a victory and freedom from Great Britain.
