Taxation Timeline - Gavin & Haley

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    The Navigation Acts were passed to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England.
  • French-Indian War Begins

    French-Indian War Begins
    The British and French went to war over control of the upper Ohio River valley.
  • Writs of Assistance

    Writs of Assistance
    The Writs of Assistance were documents allowing British officials to enter any ship or building that was suspected of holding smuggled goods.
  • French-Indian War Ends

    French-Indian War Ends
    The British and French went to war over control of the upper Ohio River valley.
  • Pontiac's Rebellion Begins

    Pontiac's Rebellion Begins
    Pontiac's Rebellion was an armed conflict between the British and many different Native American tribes.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    The Proclamation of 1763 was a boundary imposed by the British that restricted colonial settlers from going beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This was in response to Pontiac's Rebellion and to appease the Native Americans living there at the time.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act was aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses and to provide increased revenue to the British.
  • Stamp Act Crisis

    Stamp Act Crisis
    The Stamp Act Crisis was a series of organized protests against the Stamp Act before it went into effect.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    The Quartering Act stated that the British would house their soldiers in American barracks and public housing, as well as making colonial governments providing paying for feeding and sheltering any troops stationed in their colony.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on many forms of papers and documents signified by a stamp on the paper or document.
  • Pontiac's Rebellion Ends

    Pontiac's Rebellion Ends
    Pontiac's Rebellion was an armed conflict between the British and many different Native American tribes.
  • Declatory Act

    Declatory Act
    The declaratory act was a declaration that stated the Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Britain.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    The Townshend Acts were a series of measures that taxed goods imported to the 13 colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A fight that occurred on the streets of Boston. Five citizens were shot.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    A tax which forced Americans to import tea from Britain (Britain wanted to show superiority)
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Angry colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. “taxation without representation”
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Laws passed by parliament to punish colonists for their actions. The Massachusetts colonists were restricted from doing many things.
  • Founding of the Continental Congress

    Founding of the Continental Congress
    A government body through which the colonists coordinated defiance against the British.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    Battles between British militia, and poorly trained American colonists beginning the Revolutionary war.