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Proclamation
After the French and Indian War, Great Britian came to control large parts of North America territory. In order for there to be a less amount of settlement of the territory the British brought up the Proclamation of 1763. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act lowered the tax on molasses, imported by the colonists. It also let officers seize goods from smugglers without going to court. The act angered colonists because they felt that their rights as Englishmen were being violated -
Stamp Act
This Act was passed by the Parliament in effort of raising money. It placed a tax on almost all printed material in the colonies, from newpapers and pamphlets to wills and playing cards. The Stamp Act was repealed in March of 1766 after protestes from the burgesses and a meeting gathering 9 colonies in New York deciding to either cancel or repeal the act. -
Townshend Act
In the Townshend Act, British leaders tried to avoid some of the problems the Stamp Act caused. New taxes applied only to import goods, with the tax being paid at the port entry. Those goods taxed intems such as glass, tea, paper, and lead, that the colonists had to import because they did not produce them. Again protest were being created but this time by women ( Daughters of Liberty). -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was called after the tragic encounter and was described as a "slaughter of innocent Americans by bloodthirsty redcoats,"- Samuel Adams from the posters he put up. It also led many colonists to call for stronger boycotts on British goods. -
Samuel Adams and the set up of commitee of correspondence
This is an organization used in earlier protests and circulated writings about colonists grievances against Britian. Sooner or later other commitees of correspondence sprang upon the colonies, bringing together protesters opposed to British measures. -
Boston Tea Party
In Boston, Massachusettes, colonists who dressed up as Indians dumped 342 chest of tea into the Harbor. The reason for this was because they wanted to draw the governments attention and get their freedom. -
First Continental Congress meets
The Continental Congress was where the 55 men came to be, sented to Philadelphia as delegates from all the colonies except Georgia to establish a political body to represent American interests and challenge British control. Political leaders from all colonies attended the Congress. Delegates had to make decisions and work together. -
Intolerable Acts
The Coercive acts was passed by the Parliament in the spring of 1774 and was a very harsh law that punished the people of Massachusetts for their resistance. This closed the Boston Harbor until the Msssachusetts colonist paid for the ruined tea. The Quebec Act angered the colonists and set up a permanent government for Quebec and granted religious freedom to French Catholics. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
During the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the redcoats approached the town,Lexington, with the prepartion of of a group of men with muskets in their hands and position on the town led by Captain John Parker, began the fight soon as the gun was fired. Both sides had shots and bullets were going to both sides with a ending of 8 dead men.
