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1764 BCE
The Sugar Act
The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764 in order to help pay for their debt from the French and Indian War as well as to pay for the troops guarding the Proclamation Line of 1763. It forced the colonists to pay a 3 cent tax on goods like sugar, coffee, and certain types of paper. The colonists were not happy with this law because they had no say in parliament. The slogan “No Taxation without Representation” became popular in the colonies. -
1754 BCE
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was also called the Seven Years War. Both countries wanted access to the fur trade business and the cheap fertile. Although the British lost majority of the initial battles they ultimately won the war. -
The Stamp Act
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 165 in order to support the British soldiers protecting the Proclamation Line. The Stamp Act required that a stamp purchased by the British government had to be placed on all important documents like court papers, newspapers and even playing cards. The colonists were mad because they were paying for troops that were keeping them out of the land they had just fought for in the French and Indian War and they still had no representation in Parliament. -
Sons of liberty
A well-organized political organization shrouded in secrecy that was established to undermine British rule in colonial America. This group was made in port cities like Boston and. Group member were men from all walks of life, and they were known to be hot headed and violent. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts taxed imported items such as paper, glass, paint and tea. The English Parliament passed this act to cover costs of the French and Indian War, as well as to show that they still had power over the colonies. The colonists were outraged with this act so they held public demonstrations, boycotted products and smuggled in goods. Parliament eventually decided to go against this act because of colonial protests. -
Boston Massacre
In 1770 there was a violent confrontation between the British soldiers and the colonists in Boston and colonists. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was not designed to raise taxes in the colonies. The tea act was created to help the East and India company. The company was having great financial difficulties and had eight-teen million pounds of unsold tea. -
The Boston Tea party
a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company. Origin of Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerable Acts
These were a series of laws passed by the British Parlimament in Boston after the Boston Tea Party -
The first continental congress
This was a meeting of 12 of 13 of the colonies who met at Carpenters hall in Philudalphia early in the American Revolution. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
When the British troops were sent to search for colonial weapons This army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory busted their confidence for the war ahead.
