Stamp Act

By gxm.jr21

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    On February 10 in Paris they ends the French and Indian War. After the war, the British continue to fight a number of Indian rebellions including one led by Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa Indians.

  • Grenville Acts pass parliament.

    Grenville Acts pass parliament. These include a number of acts aimed at raising revenue to pay for the French and Indian War debts along with the cost of administering the new territories granted at the end of the war. They also include measures to increase the efficiency of the American custom system. The most objectionable part was the Sugar Act, known in England as the American Revenue Act. It increased duties on items ranging from sugar to coffee to textiles.

  • Boston town meeting protesting the Grenville measures.

    Boston town meeting protesting the Grenville measures. James Otis first discusses the complaint of taxation without representation and calls for the colonies to unite.

  • Boston town meeting protesting the Grenville measures.

    Boston town meeting protesting the Grenville measures. James Otis first discusses the complaint of taxation without representation and calls for the colonies to unite.

  • Proclamation

    Proclamation
    In 1763 The Proclamation is signed forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

  • Stamp Act Congress occurs in New York City

    Stamp Act Congress occurs in New York City. It includes representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina. Petition against the Stamp Act is created to be delivered to King George III.

  • The Stamp Act passes parliament

    The Stamp Act passes parliament. It is the first direct tax on the colonies. The purpose of the tax is to help pay for the British military stationed in America. This act is met with greater resistance and the cry against taxation without representation increases.

  • Sons of Liberty organizations

    Sons of Liberty organizations are founded in towns across the colonies in order to fight against the stamp agents, often with outright violence.

  • The Stamp Act goes into effect

    The Stamp Act goes into effect and all business is basically stopped as colonists refuse to use the stamps.

  • Samuel Adams sends a letter with the approval

    Samuel Adams sends a letter with the approval of the Massachusetts Assembly arguing against the Townshend Acts. It is later protested by the British government.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre occurs killing five colonists and injuring six. This is used as a propaganda piece against the British military.

  • The Tea Act goes into effect

    The Tea Act goes into effect, retaining the import tax on tea and giving the East India Company the ability to undersell colonial merchants.

  • The First Continental Congress adopts

    The First Continental Congress adopts a Declaration and Resolves against the Coercive Acts, the Quebec Acts, the Quartering of troops, and other objectionable British actions. These resolutions include the rights of the colonists including that of "life, liberty, and property."

  • A Continental Association is adopted

    A Continental Association is adopted to coordinate non importation policies.

  • The Boston Tea Party occurs.

    The Boston Tea Party occurs. After months of growing consternation with the Tea Act, a group of Boston activists dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded tea ships anchored in Boston Harbor in order to dump 342 casks of tea into the water.

  • Governor, Gage

    General, now Governor, Gage in Massachusetts is ordered to use any force necessary to apply all British acts and to stop any build up of a colonial militia.