Toward Independence

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  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Colonists were forced to pay even higher taxes
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Forbade all settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains
  • The Quarting Act

    The Quarting Act

    Colonists were forced to house British soldiers
  • The Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts

    A series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain
  • Boycott of British Goods

    Boycott of British Goods

    Colonists refused to purchase any British goods
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    British army shot and killed 5 colonists whilst under heavy attacked by mobs
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    The Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts

    Laws passed by the British to punish the Massachusetts colonists

  • The Colonies Form Militias

    Colonies form up militias to enforce the boycott
  • The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress

    A meeting of delegates of the thirteen colonies
  • Lexington & Concord

    Lexington & Concord

    The first military engagements of the Revolutionary War